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BORIS Johnson is taking aim at
obesity and ill health now the end
of his war on Covid is in sight.
The year-long pandemic has brought
into focus the appalling state of Britain’s
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Tug boats shift stricken ship – but only 100ft

RESCUE crews trying to free the
container ship blocking the Suez
Canal have managed to move the
stranded vessel by nearly 100ft.
Two additional tugboats sped to
Egypt’s canal yesterday to aid the
By Steph Spyro
14 already working to free the
Ever Given, which has been
wedged there for days.
Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah
al-Sisi ordered emergency crews
to prepare the vessel to start
unloading some of the nearly
20,000 containers.
Dredgers continue to vacuum
up sand from under the vessel.

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North West: Mainly dry with a chance of East Anglia: Dry with morning cloud
drizzle, mostly cloudy with few brighter breaking up to give sunshine. Brisk south-
spells during the day. High 17C (63F). westerly winds. Mild. High 20C (68F).
Northern Ireland: Wet with light rain at London/South East: Dry and fine with
first. Turning brighter and drier. Brisk south- lengthy spells of sunshine. Moderate south-
westerly winds. Mild. High 16C (61F). westerly winds. Mild. High 20C (68F).
Wales: Light rain and drizzle clearing into South: A dry and fine day with plenty of
the afternoon. Turning brighter and sunny. bright sunshine. Moderate south-westerly
Mild. High 14C (57F). winds. Mild. High 17C (63F).
Midlands: Dry with spells of sunshine South West: A dry day with blue skies and
coming through later. Brisk south-westerly spring sunshine. Moderate south-westerly
winds. Mild. High 17C (63F). winds. Very mild. High 16C (61F). Boats pull
North East/Yorks: Squally for a period, but Channel Isles: A dry day with clear skies the tanker
with bright or sunny spells. Brisk south- and sunshine. Gentle south-easterly winds. stuck in
westerly winds. Mild. High 19C (66F). Mild. High 17C (63F). sand in the
Scotland: Overcast and wet. Moderate rain Sea: North Sea: Rough. Irish Sea: Rough. Suez canai
across Scotland. Clearing in the east for the Channel: Moderate.
afternoon. High 18C (64F).
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Edinburgh 2.1 0.25 8 12 St Andrews 2.9 0.14 7 12 Dover (12.02am), (12.22pm)
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By David Jarvis
HAVING a lie-in can
make you depressed and
moody, a study found.
Researchers said
changing sleep patterns
by lying in at the
weekend can alter
wellbeing dramatically.
They found people
who don’t stick to
regular sleeping and
waking times are more
likely to become
depressed than those
who do.
Srijan Sen, a professor
of depression and
neurosciences at the
University of Michigan
in the US, said: “This is
the first time that a study
has shown clearly that
disturbed sleep, not
necessarily less sleep,
can lower mood.”
The findings were
based on the sleep
pattern of 2,100 student
doctors.
They were tracked for
a year using digital
devices that detected

A weekend lie-in
can alter your
mood dramatically

periods of sleep and

wakefulness.
The students also
recorded how they felt
every day on a
smartphone app, rating
their mood on a scale of
one to 10.
The trainee doctors
whose sleeping schedule
shifted the most and had

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later waking times at the
weekends were more
likely to score lower
daily mood ratings.
Those who regularly
stayed up late, or got the
fewest hours of sleep,
also scored higher on
depression symptoms TALK about the best-laid By Sarah O’Grady up and worms begin to slide
and lower on their daily planets! Our latest full moon is up to the surface as spring
mood. simply out of this world as it Sutton-in-the-Isle, Cambs. Sky finally begins.
Sleep experts believe lights up the evening sky. gazers were delighted at the This full moon is important
waking up later or lying This incredible picture spectacle created by the because it is used to fix the
in disrupts the natural catches the so-called biggest and brightest moon of date of Easter, which always
body clock, which affects March “worm moon” over the year so far. falls on the Sunday after the
Stoodley Pike, in Todmorden, March’s full moon is first full moon following the
the production of West Yorkshire. traditionally known as the spring equinox.
chemicals that alter The supermoon also casts worm moon as it comes at the The moon appears full in the
brain function and affect an impressive sight over end of winter, when the ground sky from Saturday morning
temperament. St Andrew’s Church, in begins to thaw. The soil warms through to this evening.
The findings have been
published in the journal
NPJ Digital Medicine.
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CORONAVIRUS:

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By Lucy Thornton
FOREIGN holidays may not be legal until
August, if at all, with a Cabinet minister
encouraging domestic breaks instead.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden warned
of “challenges around international travel”.
He added that leisure trips will not
automatically be allowed from May 17, as
set out in the Government’s road map. A
task force will report on April 12.
A law coming into force this week means
anyone who tries to leave England before
June 30 without good reason faces a
£5,000 fine. Mr Dowden said Europe is
facing a “worrying” rise in infections and in
previous waves the UK has been hit three
weeks later. He appeared to confirm that
ministers are considering a four-tier
system of countries.
per year. Now, as coronavirus
vaccinations pass 30 million, a
new drive is being launched to
help Britons live longer.
The planned Office for Health
Promotion will tackle obesity,
promote physical activity and
improve mental health.
Professor Chris Whitty,
England’s Chief Medical Officer
and the face of the
Government’s response to the
pandemic, will oversee the
new department.
Prof Whitty has been told to
“systematically tackle the top
preventable risk factors causing
death and ill health” by design-
ing, implementing and tracking
new policies in a bid to finally
wake the nation from its
unhealthy slumber.
He said: “Preventing ill
health and supporting our com-

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very important.
“The non-direct harms of
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will not be trivial. We need
an evidence-informed and
By Sarah O’Grady collaborative approach to
PROFESSOR Chris Whitty could be in line health promotion and to sup-
for a knighthood after the Prime Minister port this recovery.
apparently backed calls to honour ur the “The Office for
top scientist. Health Promotion
The Chief Medical Officer, 54, will work across
right, has become a household both national and
name appearing alongside local govern-
Boris Johnson at Downing
Street Covid news briefings.
ment as well as
Sources say Mr Johnson with the NHS,
favours his straight-talking academia, the
style and a Cabinet insider said: third sector, sci-
“He’s toiled day and night, seven n entists, research-
days a week to provide the very ers and industry to
best support he could.” develop evidence-
There is also a growing campaign
aign to informed policies.”
knight Prof Whitty’s deputy, Professor The new initiative, opera-
Jonathan Van-Tam, 57. tional from the autumn, will be Leading by
headed by an expert reporting example...
to Prof Whitty and the Health Mr Hancock
and PM
Secretary Matt Hancock. Johnson
Mr Johnson’s near-death
brush with Covid last year had
left him in intensive care.
It was said the PM weighed
17st 7lbs before he was admit- of poor health and improving to the Chief Medical Office, so aged between 25 and 34 are
ted to St Thomas’ Hospital in prevention of illnesses. we can level up the health of now obese, according to a 2019
London with the deadly virus. “Covid-19 has demonstrated our nation. NHS survey.
If correct, it meant the 5ft 9in the importance of physical “Prevention is better than In June last year, it was
premier had a body mass index health in our ability to tackle cure. By putting in place revealed one third of all hospi-
of 36, which would make him such illnesses, and we must innovative prevention tal deaths from coronavirus
clinically obese. continue to help people to lead measures, we can help everyone were diabetics with Type 2 suf-
Organisers gave the fans high-quality masks Experts said his healthy lives so we to live longer, healthier lives as ferers twice as likely to die.

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nificant factor in the
severity of his illness
can all
prevent and fight
illnesses.”
better we ease back to normality,
and relieve pressures from
our NHS.”
In the wake of the Covid cri-
sis, health campaigners have
demanded a public inquiry into
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COMMENT
By Steph Spyro Mr Johnson has capital recently. THE Government setting up a
FIVE thousand rock fans attended a concert since embarked on a The Health new Office for Health
in Barcelona after passing a same-day gruelling daily fit- Secretary said: Promotion to cut the burden
screening test for Covid-19. ness regime and “Good physical and of chronic disease and
They piled into the Palau Sant Jordi employed personal mental health are improve health inequalities is DR ASEEM MALHOTRA
arena on Saturday without the need for trainer Harry central to our happi- very welcome news.
NHS consultant cardiologist
social distancing. Jameson to get him Message...Morgan ness and well-being. Eighty per cent of an
The only requirement for concert-goers individuals’ health is not
fighting fit again. Yet so much of what about hospitals or GP cancer has also been
watching indie band Love of Lesbian was
to wear high-quality masks provided by
He is now regularly seen run- keeps us healthy happens practices but lifestyle and responsible for the UK having
event organisers. ning in London, often with his outside of hospital and the surroundings. one of the highest Covid
The trial could pave the way for the safe dog Dilyn. health service. Our failure to tackle the death rates in the world.
reopening of the entertainment industry Yesterday, he said: “The new “By establishing the Office conditions driven by excess Poor diet, too much
in Spain and the rest of the world as Office for Health Promotion for Health Promotion we will body fat such as Type 2 alcohol, inactivity and
pandemic restrictions begin to lift. will be crucial in tackling the bring health promotion into the diabetes, heart disease and stressful jobs are also now
causes, not just the symptoms, heart of Government, working

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food and sugar. They say the
pandemic has laid bare how
obesity-driven illnesses were
placing unmanageable strain on
the health service.
The Government now hopes
to encourage people to take up
sport and increase their outdoor
activity to help improve their
physical and mental health.
The PM has posted a video
on Twitter looking forward to
costing the UK economy
£100billion per year.
To solve this we must
acknowledge the wider root
causes are driven by the
commercial sector.
Big Food misleads with
labelling and spends billions
targeting children and the
most vulnerable with junk
food advertising.
As a result, more than half
of the calories consumed in
the British diet is ultra-
processed fattening foods
the return of team sports on
Monday, following a relaxation
of regulations.
He said: “Ahead of outdoor
organised sport returning across
England, good luck to everyone
getting back to the sports you
love – from football to netball
and much more.
“After a difficult few months,
it’s great that so many will be
able to get back out there.” He
high in starch, sugar and
unhealthy oils loaded with
additives and preservatives.
The pharmaceutical
industry, meanwhile,
manipulates research results
and hides data on harms.
Side effects of prescribed
medication are the third
highest cause of death after
heart disease and cancer.
You can’t drug people into
being healthy. It’s time to stop
having too much medicine
and to just eat real food.
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was joined in the message by
sporting stars including England
World Cup-winning cricket
captain Eoin Morgan.
The star batsman said: “With
summer, and the cricket season,
just around the corner, there’s
no better time for everyone,
young and old, to get back to
having fun by getting outdoors,
being active and playing sport.”
In a further boost, Culture
Secretary Oliver Dowden said
sports fans could be allowed to
pack into stadiums in “signifi-
cant numbers” this summer.
He set out the Government’s
aim to “get as many people
back as we possibly can”.
The Government announced
more than 30 million people
had now received their first vac-
cine dose. Yesterday’s daily
Covid death toll was 19, with
3,862 new cases. This is the low-
est number since September 17,
before the second wave.
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GROUPS of up to six people, or two
households, will be able to socialise
outside from today – just in time for
a spring heatwave.
Outdoor sports facilities can also
reopen in what has been dubbed
“Happy Monday” as temperatures
are set to soar as high as 76F (24C)
over the coming days.
Forecasters are predicting it will
be the warmest end to March in
more than 50 years.
The new freedoms and sunny
weather are likely to trigger a
barbecue and picnic frenzy.
Boris Johnson lauded the first
significant return of personal
freedoms in months for millions of
Britons. The Prime Minister hopes the
easing will “kick-start a great British
summer of sport”.
Football and cricket pitches, tennis
and basketball courts, outdoor
swimming pools, golf courses and
sailing clubs are now free to reopen
after months of being shuttered.
Organised team sports can also
resume outdoors without the need
for social distancing.
New figures have shown Britain is
already geared up for an alfresco
summer with more than 41,000 pubs,
bars and restaurants having some
kind of outdoor space that could
allow them to reopen on April 12.
Non-essential shops will also
reopen from that date. But despite the
easing of curbs, Mr Johnson had
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CORONAVIRUS infections in care
home residents fell by 62 per cent
from five weeks after they received
their first vaccine dose, government-
funded research has found.
Those in England who were
infected after having the vaccine may
also be less likely to transmit the
virus, according to initial findings
from the Vivaldi study. Researchers
Daily Express Monday, March 29, 2021 5
By Martyn Brown
words of caution. He said: “I know
how much people have missed the
camaraderie and competition of
organised sport, and how difficult it
has been to restrict physical activities
– especially for children.
“But we must remain cautious, with
cases rising across Europe and new
variants threatening our vaccine
rollout. Despite today’s easements,
everyone must stick to the rules,
remember hands, face, space, and
come for a vaccine when called.”
A new slogan has been unveiled
to stress the importance of
of ventilation in reducing the
spread of the virus: “Hands, Face,
Space and Fresh Air.”
Mr Johnson warned a spike in cases
could be seen as parts of Europe are
struck by a third wave of infections.
But he hopes the vaccine rollout will
suppress hospitalisations and deaths.
While greater outdoor freedoms are
now permitted, the Government is
still advising people to work from
home where possible and minimise
the number of journeys they take.
In Wales, the stay local order ended
on Saturday and people were allowed
to enjoy self-contained holiday
accommodation.
The stay home order in Scotland is
to end on Friday, while in Northern
Ireland up to six people can meet
outdoors from Thursday.
By Jemma Crew
from University College London
examined data on 10,412 elderly care
home residents from 310 care homes
between December and mid-March.
UCL’s Laura Shallcross said: “Our
findings show that a single dose has a
protective effect that persists from
four weeks to at least seven weeks.”

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A TEENAGE boy with a skin-
peeling condition has not
stepped foot outside his home
in a year.
The family of Rhys Williams,
15, have released a video to
highlight his plight.
He suffers from a rare and
life-limiting skin condition that
causes painful sores and blisters
all over his body and means if he
catches Covid-19 he could die.
Mum Tanya Williams, 37, from
Bolton, Greater Manchester,
said: “We treat each day as if it
is Rhys’s last. We have been told
as soon as he turns 16 [in
September] he can have the
jab. Until then we just have to
wait, which is cruel and
heartbreaking.”
Trapped since the country was
put in
lockdown last
March, things
became so
bad at one
point that
Rhys asked
to die and
planned his
funeral with
his parents.
But he Rhys and mum
rallied and
relatives are now raising money
for a hydrotherapy tub.
With his condition, called
epidermolysis bullosa, such a
bath is the only place he can be
free from pain.
Tina explained: “He can’t
walk, he can’t move, so he’s fixed
in the wheelchair position most
of the time – when he’s lying
down he’s like a turtle on his
back with his legs in the air, and
he has to sleep like that too.
“But when he’s in the bath he’s
able to relax his muscles, it helps
loosen the tightness around the
back of his knees and his arms.
“Getting him into the water a
few times a week would make
such a difference.
“There are days where he
doesn’t feel like he deserves to
be in this world because of the
way some people look at him, it’s
so wrong.”
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EXCLUSIVE
By Sarah O’Grady
Social Affairs Correspondent
POLITICAL juggernauts Ken Clarke and
David Blunkett are leading a charge for more
purpose-built hamlets that will transform the
lives and health of older people.
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They will today urge Boris Johnson to hire a
task force to make the UK a world leader in so-
called housing with care.
These specialist retirement communities
allow pensioners to remain independent and in
their own homes, either as owners or tenants.
They also offer on-site restaurants, gyms and
24-hour staffing, alongside care services that
can help residents with everyday tasks such as
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dressing and washing.
The hamlets will usually include NHS
GPs and other health professionals and
private services.
Lord Clarke, 80 – former Tory Chancellor
and Health Secretary – and retired Labour
Home Secretary Lord Blunkett, 73, are leading
a coalition of more than 30 experts including
MPs, charities and campaigners.
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They say the nation’s crisis-ridden social care
system desperately needs bold initiatives for
the rapidly rising number of older people.
The campaigners believe a decade of build-
ing modern retirement housing would trans-
form healthy ageing, drastically reduce pres-
sure on the NHS – and tackle loneliness.
Their move comes after the pandemic left
many too scared to move into traditional care
homes and follows the PM’s declared intent for
the UK to “build back better”.
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In an exclusive joint article for The Daily
Express, Lords Blunkett and Clarke insist that
there is “overwhelming societal, political,
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commercial and public support for change in
social care”.
And in an open letter to Mr Johnson, the
coalition claim a massive retirement housing
project would bring £100billion worth of eco-
nomic growth and create 40,000 jobs.
The pioneering hamlets would also save the
NHS and social care systems billions and free
more than 100,000 much needed homes for
families to move in.
Around 35,000 residents have died to date
following a decision at the start of the pan-
demic to discharge elderly patients from hospi-
tals into care homes without Covid tests.
The coronavirus disaster has also highlighted
the lack of rights residents face. Some have Peer pressure...Lords Blunkett, left and Clarke say need for social care reform is overwhelming
been evicted at short notice because they have
broken rules on “window visits”. Government takes the necessary steps to help the Prime Minister says: “UK provision to only
John Tonkiss, chief executive of retirement our sector build the retirement communities a third of these levels would result in more
housebuilder McCarthy & Stone, said: “The we need. than a £100billion of economic activity, create
pandemic has shone a harsh light on the UK’s “We want to see a dedicated retirement 40,000 jobs, save the NHS and social care sys-
failing social care system. community task force established to address tems billions of pounds and see more than
“For too long we have been forcing older the challenges that exist.” 100,000 family homes freed up.”
people to choose between their family Eighty-five per cent of housing with Nick Sanderson, chairman of Associated
home and a care home. We must take this care operators polled in a recent survey Retirement Community Operators (Arco), is
opportunity to provide the housing reported a significant boost in interest in one of the key figures putting their name to
options they need. their developments. the letter.
“Over the last 12 months our However, just 0.6 per cent of people Arco says it wants 250,000 older people
retirement communities – a third way over 65 in Britain have the opportu- living in retirement hamlets by the end of
to live in later life – have kept our cus- nity to live in one. the decade.
tomers safe and well, seeing signifi- By contrast, New Zealand, Australia Mr Sanderson said: “When it comes to social
cantly lower levels of Covid-19 than and America have between five and care it is clear that more of the same is not
in wider society. It’s now vital the six per cent of that age group living going to suffice.
in similar purpose-built communi- “Alongside care homes and home care, we
‘Challenges’...John Tonkiss ties. The campaigners’ letter to need to quickly expand the housing with care

HELPS OLD AND YOUNG
Couple find
a new life
and friends
DAVID and June Hope, who got
married in their 80s, were
determined not to become a
burden on each other’s children if
their health failed as they aged.
The couple did not want to give
up their independence and move
into a traditional care home so
were delighted when a “homes
with care” development opened in
Bedford where they were living.
David, 81, and June, 85, who
have six children and seven
grandchildren between them,
married in 2020 after being
widowed for several years.
The couple are now living in a
one-bedroom apartment at the
Wixams Retirement Village and
would like to see many more
similar developments built for
older people.
Neither of them is frail enough
to warrant full-time care in a
nursing or residential home but
find it reassuring that there are
medical services on site.
And any isolation they may have
felt through lockdown was kept
at bay by the social life just on
their doorstep.
David, a former quantity
surveyor, said: “In 1987, I had a
tracheostomy performed because I
was not getting enough oxygen to
the heart and then, two years ago, I
was having more breathing
difficulties.
“After having hospital tests it
was found that I have fibrosis of
the lungs. Unfortunately, there is
no cure for it, so gradually I will
lose my breath over time.
“With my existing medical
conditions, having care and
well-being services available to us
at the village is absolutely vital.
“If my wife’s health deteriorates,
it’s essential for us to know that
there will be care on offer, as this
will take a lot of pressure off our
children as my fibrosis gets
progressively worse.
“We’ve met a lot of people, and
I’m sure we will make friends as
time passes, but the important
thing is we won’t be a burden to
our respective children because
we have everything we need here.”
“Not long after we moved in I
offered to set up a bingo club and
39 people turned up.”
options available to older people so they can
live independently while having access to the
best care and support.”
Mr Sanderson added: “The Covid-19 crisis
has only made this more urgent. We know find-
ing a solution to the social care funding ques-
tion has been pushed back to next year, but the
expansion of provision must start now.”
Professor Les Mayhew, of the Business
School, is also research head at the
International Longevity Centre – UK.
He said: “The overwhelming evidence is that
we have nowhere near enough retirement
housing to meet the needs of our ageing
population, especially housing with care.
“Many older people are interested in
downsizing but the lack of supply prevents the
freeing up of under-occupied family homes
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that would hugely benefit younger generations,
including first-time buyers.
“Unblocking the current logjam must be
a priority if we are to solve the housing
crisis and meet the social care needs of an
ageing population.
“A cross-government task force to
help break down the institutional
barriers would be win-win for us
all – the young, old and everyone
in between.”
The experts’ letter says:
“Proposals for social care funding
reform have been repeatedly
pushed back, but we say that
expanding social care options
Action call...Damian Green
Help on site…
David and
June who live
in Wixams
Village, below
must start now by creating a world-class
system of housing with care. Crucially, this
would be a low-cost initiative at a time when
the Government has been spending to fight
Covid-19 and boost the economy.”
Conservative MP Damian Green, who chairs
the All-Party Group for Longevity, said: “We
need the swift formation of a housing with
care task force. This is not a party political
point – it is about doing what is right for
the future livelihoods of older people in
this country.”
Last week Mr Johnson said the long-
delayed proposals for social
care reform would be
unveiled later this year.
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COMMENT
LORD CLARKE AND
LORD BLUNKETT
Former cabinet ministers leading
‘housing with care’ campaign
WE need to respond to the
Covid-19 pandemic and create
a social care system that the
UK can be proud of.
Undoubtedly, there are some
complex questions. However,
there is already strong cross-
party agreement that on social
care we need to look much
more closely at the “how”, not
just the “how much”.
And the “how” has got be all
about prevention. About
expanding an exciting range of
new models which will help us
bring about the healthier, more
active nation we want to see.
Because if governments do
not prioritise preventative
health interventions, the
average number of years
people will live in poor health
will increase by over 17 per
cent in the next 25 years.
We can do so much better
than that. New models that
would give us all many more
years in good health sit
alongside and complement
existing care options.
We also need to harness the
power of technology, bringing
21st-century solutions to the
challenges of ageing that are
as old as mankind.
Promise
There is also now broad
agreement that the UK needs to
follow international trends and
create more options that sit
between care in people’s own
homes and care homes.
So rather than looking only
for the one grand consensus
on every aspect of social care,
let’s focus on areas where we
can take immediate action.
Surely the Government’s
proposed planning reforms can
do better than failing to
mention older people at all?
The Integration and
Innovation NHS White Paper
recognises the key role of
housing providers in keeping
people well and calls for them
to be represented on Integrated
Care System Boards.
This approach is what we
need much more of.
Cross-government working
has got to become the new
norm, with the Department of
Health and Social Care joining
up with the Ministry of
Housing, Communities and
Local Government and others
to unite their expertise.
Collaboration at local level
is at the heart of successful
delivery. Let’s remember that
setting up the NHS was only
possible because, after the
shared and defining experience
of the Second World War effort,
there was overwhelming
political, societal and public
support for change.
Now too we are seeing
overwhelming societal,
political, commercial and
public support for change in
social care – and for the
models which are ready to fulfil
that promise.

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By Steph Spyro
AT least one Briton is
believed to have been
killed when Islamist
insurgents stormed a
town in Mozambique
and surrounded a hotel.
Four other British
nationals were evacuated
by helicopter when
jihadists went on a
bloody rampage
through Palma.
Nearly 200 people
had been sheltering in
the Amarula Palma
hotel during the attack
on Friday.
One person was
believed to have been
killed when a convoy of
fleeing civilians was
ambushed outside the
hotel, security and
diplomatic sources said.
An Irish national and a
New Zealand national
have been saved amid
an ongoing search and
rescue operation.
Palma is home to
gas projects worth
£43billion with many
expatriates in the area.
French energy group
Total has postponed
restart of work at its site.
The company had
paused the project
because of security fears.
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By Flora Thompson
PLANS to hold Parole
Board hearings in public
are not “unrealistic” but
should be approached
“cautiously”, a member
has said.
Rob McKeon, a judge
who considers terror
cases, worries that
victims could end up
reliving horrific crimes.
Hearings are now in
private, normally in
prisons, with rare limited
access for observers.
The review follows a
2018 decision to release
black cab rapist John
Worboys which was
overturned by the High
Court amid an outcry.
Mr McKeon said there
should be an “open-
justice principle” but
there could be closed
sessions to hear sensitive
material or to consider
“vulnerabilities” such
as prisoners’ mental
health problems .
A recent Ministry of
Justice report said the
Board should “continue
to seek to be as
transparent as possible,
without compromising
the effectiveness or
independence of its
decision making”.
Picture: PA
Fake
news...
aimed at
Priti Patel
By Martyn Brown
Senior Political Correspondent
LABOUR has demanded an inquiry
into David Cameron’s involvement
with a scandal-hit banker.
It is alleged that financier Lex
Greensill profited through a
Government-backed loan scheme he
designed after the then-prime
minister gave him access to
Whitehall departments.
The Australian businessman
founded Greensill Capital, the firm
that went on to employ Mr Cameron
but later collapsed.
Rachel Reeves, Labour’s shadow
minister for the cabinet office, said:
“These reports raise very serious
questions about the conduct of David
Cameron and the access he gave Lex
Greensill to ministers and Whitehall
departments.
Scandal
“The British people deserve
answers to those questions.
“That’s why the Conservatives
should agree to an urgent inquiry so
we can get to the bottom of this
latest scandal.”
Sir Alistair Graham, former chair-
man of the Committee on Standards
in Public Life, also called for a probe.
He said: “There clearly should be a
full inquiry because it sounds like a
genuine scandal in which the public
purse was put at risk without proper
political authority.”
The allegations surfaced after the
former Tory leader faced scrutiny for
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smears over Priti’s
‘beauty treatment’
MPs are furious over a social media By Martyn Brown
smear campaign falsely alleging
Priti Patel wasted taxpayers’ money serious issue. Such misinformation
on eyebrow grooming.
It was claimed in an online article
that the Home Secretary’s
department had spent £77,000 with
a beauty treatment company and
£5,400 at fashion retailer Primark.
The story, by the Byline Times
website, quickly went viral on social Home Office procurement cards.
media with many people accusing
Ms Patel of abusing public money.
Those who joined in the smear
included Tony Blair’s former spin
doctor Alastair Campbell, who
accused her of a “disgusting waste
of public
money”.
Others
duped into
believing
the false Eyebrows raised...but bill was actually for PPE
spin were a
deputy head teacher, a presenter
for LBC radio, a panellist on
Jeremy Vine’s Channel 5 show
and union activists.
But nothing was bought for Ms
Patel personally. The Home Office
said: “It is completely false to say
the Home Office has spent money
on beauty products, it was PPE.
“The spending with Primark was
for asylum seekers who would have of Ms Patel.
not had appropriate clothing when
arriving in the UK.”
Tory MP Giles Watling, a member
of the Commons Media Select
Committee, said: “This is a very
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yesterday from Culture Secretary
Oliver Dowden, who called his friend
a “man of utmost integrity”.
He added: “I’ve no doubt at all he
would have behaved properly.
“As far as I can tell, no decision in
Government policy was changed as a
result of any meetings that took place.
They’d be properly declared.”
A Government spokesman said:
“Lex Greensill acted as a supply chain
Link...ex-PM Cameron and Greensill finance adviser from 2012 to 2015
and as a crown representative for
reportedly trying to persuade three years from 2013.
Government figures to grant emer- “His appointment was approved in
gency loans to Greensill Capital, the normal manner and he was not
where he was an adviser. paid for either role.”
A newspaper investigation alleges The office of Mr Cameron, who was
the Australian was given access to PM between 2010 and 2016, has not
departments while Mr Cameron was responded to a request for comment.
in No 10. When Greensill Capital collapsed
Mr Cameron received support earlier this year it caused uncertainty
and fake news not only brings
online harm, it also can change the
face of the way that people vote.”
The story started in February
when migrants rights campaigner
Mary Atkinson posted online a list
of items bought last year using
Then the Byline Times in an
article written by a former BBC
journalist, said the Home Office had
spent £30,000 with Global Beauty
Products and £77,000 with SP
Beautiful Brows. Almost £4,000 was
spent at a
restaurant,
£900 at a
pub and
£2,000 was
spent with
a “diet
consultant”. The Home Office said
the pub and restaurant were used
as training venues, while the “diet
consultant” was actually a company
organising international travel.
Byline’s editor Hardeep
Matharu said its article was
“entirely accurate” and not written
to “personally disparage, or
encourage any disparagement”
She said the story had shown that
Global Beauty Products also
appears to sell PPE and that it did
not state that the spending was
Ms Patel’s personal expenses.
for thousands of jobs at Liberty Steel,
having been its main financial backer.
Meanwhile, the Government yester-
day rejected an appeal by Liberty
Steel for £170million in financial sup-
port, according to sources.
The company told the Government
last week that support was needed to
pay operating expenses and deal with
recent losses.
Liberty Steel employs around 5,000
workers at sites across the UK.
A Government spokesman said:
“The Government is closely
monitoring developments around
Liberty Steel and continues to engage
closely with the company, the broader
UK steel industry and trade unions.
“The Government has supported
the steel sector extensively, including
providing over £500 million in recent
years to help with the costs of energy.”

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By Chris Riches
THE teacher in the
Prophet Muhammad
cartoon row has always
shown “great respect” to
Islam, his Muslim
neighbour has said.
The lesson in which
Year 9 pupils at Batley
Grammar School, West
Yorkshire, were shown a
cartoon of the prophet,
has led to death threats.
An unnamed religious
studies teacher is in
hiding with his wife and
young children over the
cartoon, which first
appeared in French
satirical magazine
Charlie Hebdo.
But dad-of-three Jamal
Al-Terk, 42, who has
known the “burly
Yorkshire lad” in his 20s
for eight years, said: “He
is not Islamophobic at
all. This has to be a
misunderstanding.
Suspended
“I doubt he has shown
this deliberately to
offend. He and his
family, they knock on
our door and give us Eid
cards when it’s Eid.
“His children have
also drawn pictures of a
beautiful mosque with
lights around it and
given them to my kids.
“They also gave us
halal sweets for Eid, and
we have exchanged food
during Ramadan. His
children play with
my children.”
The airport worker,
who fled the civil war in
Syria, added: “I hope
things calm down and
people realise he is a
nice person.”
Last week angry
Muslim parents called
for the teacher to be
sacked. He was
suspended and head
Gary Kibble issued an
“unequivocal” apology.
Ministers and
celebrities condemned
the protesters and a
petition backing the
teacher has been signed
by over 50,000 people.
The threats continued
last week with his name
leaked on social media.
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Show crisis...
Motsi and,
right, on the
Strictly panel
STRICTLY judge Motsi Mabuse By Giles Sheldrick
has sparked panic after she Chief Reporter
reportedly signed up for a
German stage tour that clashes talent. It’s a real schedule clash.”
with the hit BBC series. Motsi replaced Dame Darcey
The South African dance star is Bussell, 51, on the judging panel
said to have committed to the trip, in 2019.
causing a scheduling crisis. This year her sister Oti, 30, bids
Motsi, 39, lives in Frankfurt and to lift the coveted Glitterball
is set to appear in the tour for Trophy for a record three years in a
Germany’s version of the TV show. row. Oti has pledged her allegiance
She remains in negotiations for with the BBC for another year.
the new BBC series in the Strictly is set to return
autumn. But her plan to with regular show
go on the road has judges Shirley Ballas
spooked producers. and Craig Revel
A source said: Horwood. But
“Producers have Bruno Tonioli is
been pulling their
hair out as they
expected to be
absent for a second
struggle to get all successive series
of their judges because he is a
in the right judge on the
place for the US version of
live shows. Strictly, Dancing With
“Motsi’s fans The Stars.
in Germany are Motsi had previously
buying show The Strictly sisters... admitted to being
Motsi, right, and Oti
tickets expect- uncertain about her
ing to see her live. future on the show.
“Pre-Covid it was easy She said: “I don’t know if I’ll do
for talent to jet in and out the next Strictly or not. They
of the UK for the night. haven’t asked me yet but if they do
But with travel restrictions it’s I will definitely be back.”
much harder. Strictly returns in September,
“Producers want to avoid relying with stalwart Anton du Beke
too much on video links, especially confirmed for his 17th successive
as they’re paying big money for year on the dancefloor.
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OVER-70s suffering from dementia, By Martyn Brown their licence because of ill health.
Parkinson’s and other medical Edward Trewhella, the chief
conditions may be allowed to or the total loss of sight in one eye. executive of Driving Mobility, said:
continue driving if they agree to fit Reviews follow every three years. “A lot of older drivers stick within
a tracker to their car. Under the proposals being their own locality, going to the shop
They would be restricted to discussed by the DVLA and Driving or doctors, probably on minor roads
motoring in daylight hours near their Mobility, the official network of with which they are familiar. This
home under the plans being driving assessment centres, the process would regularise that.”
considered by transport officials. over-70s could be eligible for The proportion of over-70s with a
Licences expire when motorists “graduated driving licences”. driving licence doubled from a third
turn 70 and those wanting to keep These would restrict them to a to two thirds in the past 25 years.
driving must inform the DVLA of radius of 20 or 30 miles from home Deaths on the road among this age
medical conditions such as epilepsy, and bar them from night trips. group jumped from 95 in 2010 to
diabetes – if it is treated with insulin They would apply only to those 145 last year, while fatalities for all
Restrictions..but elderly can stay mobile – and anything that affects both eyes who would otherwise face losing other age groups fell or stayed stable.
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By Steph Spyro
INNOVATIVE measures such as
“sponge” road surfaces and
groundwater alert apps are to be
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A £150million fund is to be
shared between 25 projects aiming Environment Minister
to improve waterway defences and
coastal resilience across England. AS CLIMATE change brings more
The Department for Environ- extreme weather, we must
redouble our efforts to build a
ment, Food and Rural Affairs pack- more resilient nation. Storm

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age follows Storm Christoph’s Christoph recently reminded us
devastating floods in areas such of the devastation that flooding
as Tirley in Gloucestershire brings to communities.
in February. We have already announced a
Schemes include subtidal oyster ramping up of flood policies, to
reefs and seagrass near South ensure that the country is better
Tyneside and an app to warn resi- protected and better prepared.

dents about the threat posed by
groundwater in Buckinghamshire.
It forms part of the Government’s
Flood and Coastal Resilience
Innovation Programme – an effort
to develop and test new ways of
tackling coastal erosion and main-
land flooding. It will be managed by
the Environment Agency.
Exciting
Environment minister Rebecca
Pow said the Government has
pledged to invest £5.2billion in
2,000 new flood and coastal
defences over the next six years,
adding that “long-term approaches
to improve communities’ resil-
ience” is vital in the face of a
changing climate.
She said: “These 25 projects
will not only help to inform future
approaches to prepare communi-
ties for flooding and coastal change
across the country, but also
help reinforce the UK’s position as
a world leader in innovation
and new technology as we build
back better.”
In Northumberland, artificial
intelligence and new sensor tech-
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Rising threat…floods surround the church at Tirley, Glos, in February
nology will be used to detect rising
water levels. In Cornwall sand
dunes will be protected and salt
marshes are to be restored.
The Chinese “sponge city” con-
cept will be trialled in Slough,
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Berkshire. This involves the use of
permeable roads to soak up surface
water, along with natural vegeta-
tion to improve drainage.
Emma Howard Boyd, who chairs
the Environment Agency, said the
project was “extremely exciting”
and could be replicated on a larger
scale around the world by sharing
at the United Nations Climate
Change Conference, COP26, which
Britain is hosting in November.
She said: “The innovation pro-
gramme is extremely exciting as it
begins to put new aspects of the
national flood and coastal erosion
risk strategy to the test.
“What we learn will inform our
approach to the climate crisis in the
coming decades and it’s something
to tell our international partners
about at COP26.
“I’m particularly interested in
the projects that test the ability of
nature-based projects to generate
revenue.
“If successful, these could be
scaled up by private finance around
the world, helping to prepare for
climate shocks, restore nature and
create jobs.”
But we must go further.
The Express’s Green Britain
campaign has shone a light on
the need to build back greener from
the pandemic. Today we are
announcing 25 projects across
England as part of that effort, to
help protect communities.
We will plough £150million into
a range of pioneering projects
that harness the power of nature,
use cutting-edge tech and help
communities take action to cut
their flood risk and enhance
their preparedness.
We will develop and test
new approaches that tackle
the threat of flooding and
coastal erosion.
The schemes demonstrate the
UK’s world-leading efforts to
tackle effects of climate change.

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UBER passengers can now request a fully
electric car to help drive a post-pandemic
green recovery.
The cab firm claimed its Uber Green
option in central London will “encourage
riders to take action on climate change”.
Passengers will pay the same price as
journeys made in petrol, diesel and hybrid
vehicles, while drivers will be charged a
reduced service fee. Trips must begin in
By Steph Spyro
central London but destinations are
unrestricted.
Jamie Heywood, regional general
manager for northern and eastern Europe,
said: “With cities beginning to open up
once again, we have a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to drive a green recovery.”
Since January 2019, Uber has collected
an additional 15p for every mile travelled
in the capital. That goes directly to drivers
to support them with the cost of going
electric.
It has raised £125million and resulted in
fully electric Ubers in the capital increasing
from 100 to 1,600.
But that is only a fraction of the firm’s
45,000 London vehicles. It aims to be fully
electric in the city by 2025. Go green...passengers can request an electric Uber
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A MAN accused of sex
offences was still on the
run last night – four days
after he was freed from
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ACTOR Tom Hiddleston appears By News Reporter
jail by mistake. to know a surefire way to a
ratings hit – showing some flesh. relationship with Ransome.
William Fernandez, After setting pulses racing with Homeland star Danes, 41, was
24, was being held for his bare-bottomed sex scene in also dressed in Victorian-era
trial on charges of sex The Night Manager, he was seen costume as she watched her
assault, indecent on location with his shirt open co-star filming on the Essex salt
exposure and possession revealing a slice of chest. marshes. She replaced Keira
of drugs when freed “in Hiddleston, 40, plays Victorian Knightley, who withdrew for
error” from Wormwood vicar Will Ransome in an family reasons.
Scrubs, west London. adaptation of the Sarah Perry Old Etonian Hiddleston won
He was spotted in novel The Essex Serpent. rave reviews for his performance
Wealdstone, eight miles Hollywood actress Claire as a hotel worker recruited to spy
north, on Wednesday, but Danes plays Cora Seaborne, a on a ruthless arms dealer in The
has not been seen since. widow who moves to the Essex Night Manager in 2016, not least
Detective Inspector village of Aldwinter in search of for his sex scenes with
Rory Wilkinson, who is a mythical sea creature. Elizabeth Debicki.
leading the search, said: In the six-part series being The release date for The Essex
filmed for Apple TV+, Cora – Serpent, directed by Leeds-born
“Officers are exploring released from an abusive Clio Barnard, is likely to be
every possible line of marriage – develops an intense next year.
enquiry to track
Fernandez down and
return him to prison.”
Fernandez is described
as white, medium build,
with thinning hair and a
dark beard.
He has a distinctive
cross tattoo on the
left-hand side of his neck
and was last seen in a
black tracksuit and hat.
DI Wilkinson warned
the public not to
approach Fernandez,
who is believed to be of
no fixed abode.

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A LORRY driver has
been charged with trying
to smuggle migrants out
of the UK.

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Turkish national
Hakan Zengin, 36, was
arrested after 17
migrants were
discovered in the back
of his truck bound for
the continent.
The lorry was stopped

at the M25 junction
with the A3 in Surrey
last Sunday.
Police said the
migrants were sitting on
pallets, which had been
laid across the load to
make their journey more
comfortable.
They were all arrested
on suspicion of
immigration offences.
Zengin appeared
before Wimbledon
magistrates where he
was remanded in
custody until his
scheduled appearance at
Kingston Crown Court
next month.
The National Crime
Agency said: “Smuggling
migrants out of the UK is
more common than
you’d think. There are
multiple reasons why
they’d be leaving.”
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EVERY police force in the country
will have to carry out investigations
into school sex abuse, Britain’s most
senior child protection officer
has warned.
Chief Constable Simon Bailey said
officers were aware of more than
7,000 reports.
He added that the allegations
engulfing some of the country’s lead-
ing private schools were the “tip of
the iceberg” in what will be the “next
major scandal” for the country.
The comments came as Tory MP
Robert Halfon insisted claims of a
“rape culture” at independent schools
must be investigated by one body.
Stories have emerged of girls being
By Giles Sheldrick ing” to deal with them. In London the Everyone’s Invited website where
Chief Reporter Met Police is already investigating, but people anonymously share their sto-
he said that afterwards there should ries of abuse. More than 100 schools
“objectified, harassed and sexually be an independent inquiry. are named.
assaulted” with websites set up by “Rather than marking their own Mr Bailey said it was a “huge soci-
students claiming “a rape culture”. safeguarding failures – as some etal problem” fuelled by online por-
Mr Halfon said deeply disturbing schools are trying to do by appoint- nography. He added: “I think that this
alleged activities at some of the ing their own judge and jury – is the tip of the iceberg if you look at
country’s top schools were headteachers and governors the number of testimonies that are
“appalling” and had spread to should be held directly now being recorded on the site.
state schools. accountable. If found want- “I am envisaging referrals coming in
The chairman of the pow- ing, they should step down from both the private sector, the
erful Commons education from their positions.” mainstream state school sector and
select committee said The Met reviewed evi- universities.”
senior staff had dence on the Alleged victims will be encouraged
been “at best to call a helpline, which it is hoped
unable or at Appalled...MP will be established “within the next
worst unwill- Robert Halfon 72 hours”
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OW we have longed for this day!Yes,
we’ve had the rule of six before. And
outdoor activities last summer too,
before we were plunged back into lockdown.
But with the milestone of 30 million
adults vaccinated, and glorious weather
beckoning, there’s a new spring in our step
as today we make the first move towards

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real freedom and the chance to reunite with
loved ones.
Happy Monday indeed. And with many
happy hours to come. The re-opening of

pub gardens, hairdressers, gyms, zoos and
theme parks is just a fortnight away, if we
remain careful.
A return to outdoor sports, with the
camaraderie of team-mates in the open air
rather than via Zoom, is a good way to kick
off a great British summer.
In the meantime, the Prime Minister is
right to urge caution and a continuation of
social distancing and hygiene. We’ve gone
through too much to throw away our
chances of a return to normality now.
We know the rules. Let’s keep playing the
game and the triumph over this terrible
virus will be all the sweeter when it comes.
A promising care plan
O
UR rulers like to pro-
claim that we live in a
uniquely progressive,
enlightened age. Yet
through their epic cow-
ardice dressed up as
cultural sensitivity, they are
allowing dangerous fanaticism
to flourish in our midst.
While they mouth their slo-
gans about tolerance, their fail-
ure to stand up for British free-
doms is stoking the flames of
intolerance.
That pattern is graphically
illustrated by the furore at
Batley Grammar School in
Yorkshire over the decision by a
religious studies teacher to
show a cartoon of the Prophet
Mohammed during a classroom

J
UST as the end of the Second World
War heralded the chance for a better
society, so the possible defeat of
coronavirus must be a new opportunity to
improve our social care system.
Even before the pandemic, it was the nettle
successive governments had failed to grasp.
A year of Covid has left far too many
pensioners terrified of the very words “care
home”. It is not just the fear of dying in
one, but the dread of financial costs – and
that is in spite of the hard work and
dedication of staff.
Now experts, led by political
heavyweights Ken Clarke and David
Blunkett, are promoting the benefits of
purpose-built retirement housing and
communities, which are popular in the US,
New Zealand and Australia.
discussion about blasphemy.
This provoked fury from
many local Muslims who con-
sidered the cartoon offensive.
Amid protests, imam
Mohammed Amin Pandor, of
the ultra-conservative Deobandi
branch of Islam, declared that
“what happened is totally
unacceptable”.
The school had to close for
two days. The teacher himself
was not only suspended but has
been forced into hiding with
24-hour police protection.
Despite a 48,000-signature
petition for his reinstatement, it
is hard to see how he will be
able to return to his job.
PROTEST: Muslims gather at Batley Grammar after a teacher showed pupils a cartoon of the Prophet
Leo McKinstry
Daily Express columnist
“prosecuted”, but the blas- The National Education Union,
phemy laws were abolished in usually so quick to shriek about
Britain in 2008. their members’ rights over
Another wailed “we can’t use Covid or pay or “Tory cuts”,
the expression ‘freedom of has maintained a pathetic
speech’ to offend people”. But silence in the face of the Batley
a ban on giving offence to any protesters, claiming it would be
adherents of a faith or cause is a “inappropriate to make further
the name of the teacher,
demanded he be “permanently
removed” and described his
behaviour in the classroom as a
“sadistic” form of “terrorism to
Islam”.
In the same vein yesterday,
Adil Shahzad, a Bradford imam,
demanded the Government
show respect, “otherwise we are
not responsible for the actions of
some individuals”.
Such warnings might be real,
as the recent experience of
France demonstrates. Last year,
Paris teacher Samuel Paty was

S
recipe for Orwellian thought comment” with the matter beheaded by a Chechen Muslim
They promise housing with care will not crimes. In our free society, no under investigation. after displaying a cartoon of the
only lead to healthier ageing, but create religion should be above scru- Prophet in a lesson. In 2015, 12
£100billion of economic activity and

OME argue that, given
40,000 jobs, and save the NHS and the care the highly-charged nature
sector billions. of this issue, he should
With our ageing population, it has to be have been more cautious, more
seriously looked at. deferential to Muslim feelings,
though we do not know the
Daley’s go-fast food context of the lesson. Whatever
the truth, it is outrageous that
such a reaction can occur in our
T
tiny, criticism or debate. people in the capital were killed
What makes this saga more by Islamist terrorists after satiri-
disturbing is that most of the cal magazine Charlie Hebdo
authorities have refused to HIS feebleness when carried cartoons of the Prophet.
challenge the zealots. confronted by intoler- Such barbarity should be a
Leading the charge to submis- ance, makes a mockery cue for courage rather than
sion was the school’s head-
teacher Gary Kibble, who
issued an “unequivocal and sin-
of officialdom’s much-vaunted
commitment to equality and
diversity. Like all appeasers, the
cowering. The fundamentalists
must not be allowed to dictate
the terms of our public dis-

T
HE importance of good diet has never
been better understood and we look
back on the sporting heroes of
yesteryear through rose-tinted glasses if we
imagine those hard-drinking, hard-living
footballers and rugby players, for example,
could compete with today’s super-fit athletes.
Even so, double Olympic gold medallist
Daley Thompson, now 62, didn’t do badly
on a diet of fizzy drinks and chips, did he?
But imagine how incredible he would
have been if his body had been a temple,
instead of a fast food joint.
21st-century civilisation.
The contempt for liberty is
like something from a despotic
regime rather than modern
Britain. Ours is a democracy,
not a theocracy. Heresy trials
should have no part in our edu-
cation system.
Batley Grammar is not an
Islamic institution, nor is any
part of our public life governed
by Sharia Law. One protester
demanded the teacher be
cere” apology rather than
standing by his embattled mem-
ber of staff.
Equally pusillanimous was
the local Labour MP Tracy
Brabin who said, “I welcome
the school’s apology and recog-
nition of the offence caused.”
‘No religion should be above
scrutiny, criticism or debate’
Batley capitulation brigade are
motivated by fear, since the lan-
guage of the protesters has
echoes of intimidation. One of
the organisers of the protests,
Mohamad Sajad Hasan of the
local charity Purpose Of Life,
issued a statement that revealed
course or education. Their vic-
tory will be a disaster for plural-
ism and openness.
A recent survey found 76 per
cent of Muslims think Britain is
a “good place to live” because
of its “freedom of religion”.
If our leaders continue to
cave in, then that spirit will be
lost forever. Toxic identity poli-
tics, possibly backed by a hint
of menace, will have triumphed
over reason.
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Daily Express Monday, March 29, 2021 13

STRAIGHT TALKING AND TAKES NO PRISONERS

It’s up to all of
us to keep
ourselves safe
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IT often happens on my show
on talkRADIO – I got into an
argument the other night with
a cab driver. No change there,
but we did start out in
a fairly genial manner until the
cabbie decided to have a rant
about how the Government

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wanted to take away all our
freedoms, which is not what
he’d voted for.
Then there was a tirade
about his friends who had lost
their jobs, their homes and in
some cases even their lives.
The feeling of unrest in this
country is quite palpable, but
to accuse the Government of
wanting to take our rights
away is just barmy.
I told him any government of
any political persuasion would
not want to be in this position
and they’ve done what they
thought was best. But I do
have to agree enough is
enough.
We have to strike a balance.
Some people have been very
badly damaged and many
people have died – not just
from Covid – so I think
probably now is the time to
make us all responsible for
how we behave.
If we don’t we will only have
ourselves to blame if another
lockdown happens. Can we all
be sensible and not behave
like idiots, so we can get out
and do the things life is all
about.
■ I HAVE been talking about
the Bristol riots on my show
and I want to let off some steam.
■
S YOU probably know, under some APPARENTLY more
circumstances I prefer my dogs to and more of us are
believing in UFOs.
people. They’re a part of my family. According to recent
They sleep on my bed – we are part
surveys, a lot of us think
of a pack together. Both my girls extraterrestrials or ET are
came from a dog-rescue organisa-
already here.
tion called All Dogs Matter, which is great. We Over the years I’ve
were having a chat on the radio about dog theft
interviewed many people
and irrational dog purchasing during lockdown, about this, including some
which is causing a lot of these lovely animals to who are convinced that
be treated as commodities. They’re not. we are being guided
If you are going to have a dog, then it has to through life by beings
be part of your family. If you would get upset by from another world.
the mess that it will undoubtedly make, if you Considering nobody
would lock it in the kitchen at night and shout can prove it one way or
at it when you realise you can’t reason with it the other I would be
like a human – although with patience, you can surprised if we haven’t
already been visited. And
– then a dog is not for you. if they are clever enough
If you have a stressful job and there is nobody
to come here, I’m pretty
at home during the day, then a dog is not for sure they’d be clever
you. And if you think the more money you pay
for a dog the better the dog will be, then you’re
an idiot.
Like us, dogs have personality problems and
unless you are in tune with a dog, please don’t
get one. But if you feel you want one and can
give it the love and respect that it needs, please
go to a dog-rescue organisation.
Don’t spend thousands with breeders. There
are so many animals that have had a bad start in
life and just need help to get back on track. Oh,
and dogs are a full-time operation – and they
will cost you a fortune. enough not to be spotted.
From the ancient
Egyptians until now we

I know everybody’s had their say,
but I don’t think the point can be
made strongly enough that the
people who decided to become
violent last week are the same
sort who became violent in
London and elsewhere during the
Black Lives Matter marches.
Of course Black Lives Matter.
Every life matters. But the kids –
and they are kids, mentally – who
seem to feel it is OK to behave in
this way have obviously had very
little life experience.
And Alex Beresford, of Good
Morning Britain, who made Piers
Morgan (below) walk off the
show, is apparently now trying to
become famous by having a go
at Nigel Farage for a tweet
linking the Bristol protests with
the Black Lives Matter
movement. I suggest
he shuts up.
He seems to know
very little about
anything except
perhaps the
weather.
Demos are
one thing but
when they
become riots
they need to be
stopped.
■
ONE LAST thought for all those of
you who have decisions to make
over the size of our Armed Forces.
Cutting back our Army to its lowest
level in 300 years makes no sense at all.
I’m quite happy that we are increasing
our nuclear deterrent, that we are
getting more involved in the cyber
world, drones and electronic warfare.
But if we can’t put boots on the ground
when needed, we are lost, so let’s hear
no more about how we can’t do this or
we can’t do that.
We can. We proved that during the
pandemic. I was talking to a senior
military man a couple of days ago and
he said a minimum force should be
120,000 soldiers. He is a man who
commanded men in frontline situations
over the past 10 years. He surely knows
what he’s talking about.
Come on guys – let’s not cut the Army.
I DESPAIR OF DUMB CREATURES... AND THE MAGNIFICENT ANIMALS THEY KILL FOR FUN
I KEEP seeing pictures on social media of
so-called trophy hunters, who are usually men,
I’m afraid. These excuses for mankind (or
womankind) seem to feel it’s entertaining to
shoot magnificent beasts, some of which are
from endangered species, and then pose,
grinning mindlessly, with the dead carcasses.
have speculated, have we
been visited? Is the
person living next door to
us possibly from
somewhere else? We will
never know, really, until
it’s probably too late.
Special Ks? I’m sorry, I don’t get it That doesn’t stop us
from looking into the sky
and wondering. But what
ANOTHER of my pet hates is the Kardashians. Hate’s a definitely is up there is
bit of a strong word, so non-comprehension about why tons of “space junk” such
they are so popular might be a better way to put it. as dead satellites and bits
Before they announced their divorce, Kim and Kanye of rocket launchers. Some
West seemed to be the two most popular celebrities in of it could be dangerous.
any magazine you read. Why? I’ve seen them being Yes, in the past 50
interviewed – although it was hardly an interview. years we have made so
They didn’t seem to be able to string many sentences much mess in the upper
together. atmosphere – just like we
What was it about the pair that fascinated people so have down here – that we
much? I know I’m getting on a bit, but it just seems are now going to have to
amazing that this couple have become so famous. I’m start sending cleaners up
at a complete loss to understand their attraction so if into space to remove it.
anybody can help me please do. Who was it that said it’s
a funny old world?
I have met some of them. They all seem to be understand the excitement of hunting. I used to
cut from the same cloth of stupidity. practise a sport called field archery, where you
What is wrong with people like this? Why get all the fun of hunting and none of the misery
would you want to kill a beautiful animal of killing.
and sit there with your gun on it posing like If you have the need to do this, come with me.
a pillock? I’ll show you how you can get your kicks
I don’t know what gets into people. I without any animal losing its life.

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By Mark Reynolds
PIERS Morgan yesterday savaged
today’s so called “cancel culture” –
and denied being racist for refusing
to believe the Duchess of Sussex.
The former Good Morning
Britain host, 55, stormed off the
ITV show on March 9 after being
challenged on air by colleague Alex
Beresford, a day after Meghan and
Prince Harry’s Oprah Winfrey inter-
view was shown.
Piers said doubting Meghan, 39,
was dubbed a race hate crime and it
was time to “cancel the cancel cul-
ture before it kills our culture”.
He said he could not be labelled
racist just because he did not
believe parts of Meghan’s interview.
He also attacked Harry for a “dis-
graceful betrayal” of the Queen.
Piers added the Duchess’s credi-
bility had been eroded by news she
and Harry, 36, had not in fact wed
in private three days before their
official wedding – after telling US
chat queen Oprah they had.
He also insisted he was not mak-
ing light of Meghan saying she had
suicidal thoughts as a royal, but
doubted her claim that she was told
by court officials not to seek help.
In an article yesterday, Piers said
it was outrageous Sharon Osbourne
had been “driven out” of US show
The Talk “for the crime of defend-
ing me” against a colleague who
said he was racist.
Backlash
He said of Meghan: “She is just
one of many whiny, privileged, hyp-
ocritical celebrities who now
cynically exploit victimhood to
suppress free speech, value their
own version of the truth above the
actual truth, and seek to cancel any-
one that deviates from their woke
world view or who dares to chal- family included his three sons being ex-Suits actress had endured no
lenge the veracity of their
inflammatory statements.
“No, it’s about a far big-
ger issue than one delu-
sional duchess and that’s
everyone’s right to be free
to express our honestly
held opinions,
forcefully and
passionately if
we feel like it.”
“If our
rights to free
speech are
denied, then
democracy
as we know
it will die.”
The pre-
senter said the
backlash on
him and his
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Pictures: HARPO, ITV
‘Whiny,
privileged
celebrities
exploit
victimhood to
suppress free
speech’
Unrepentant...Piers left, and inset, storming off
GMB. Above, Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview
Susanna ‘said sorry
for frosty farewell’
SUSANNA Reid and By Tom Bryant
Piers Morgan held a
“clear the air” talk after more fondly about me
her “frosty” reaction to than that.” He
him quitting Good suspected she was
Morning Britain. both angry and sad.
He described co-host But he added: “I hope
Susanna, below with we stay friends
Piers, as “stony faced” because Susanna’s a
when reading out decent person and
a statement the we’ve been through a
day after. lot together.”
He said of his She
former ‘TV apologised
wife’: and he said
“Even my sorry too
real “for leaving
ex-wife her in the
talks lurch”.
when “the fact you’re basing it on Piers said the following morning he
trolled on social media and people worse media treatment than other is false”. He added: “Sadly, this is received more than 1,000 emails
saying he was racist and royal brides like Diana, Sarah where we’ve now arrived in society: and texts, including backing from
“mocking mental illness” by Ferguson, Kate, Camilla and even the truth can be whatever someone Bear Grylls, Transport Secretary
doubting Meghan’s claims. Wallis Simpson. decides it is, so Meghan Markle Grant Shapps – and even his old foe,
Piers said although he had But he said Meghan was quick to must be believed because it’s ‘her ex-Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson.
not voiced anything claim negative press was motivated truth’. And if you don’t believe her, Former Tory minister Michael
racist and cheered by racism, “a very dangerous charge you’re a racist.” Portillo also said: “I didn’t know
the presence of a to make with so little to back it up”. that disbelieving Meghan was a
mixed-race woman Piers also recounted his dramatic Support sackable offence. Interesting.
in the Royal Family, exit from the GMB set after what he Presumably not believing Boris
he was left to con- called weather presenter Alex Piers said after being told by ITV would not be?”
clude that “question- Beresford’s “censorious lecture”. to apologise or leave GMB, he Piers wrote that one of his favour-
ing Meghan’s fork- He said Alex insisted that even if remembered a refrain from his ex- ite messages was from a woman to
tongued ‘truth’ Meghan’s debunked claim about her manager, the late John Ferriter, to his local pub.
is now a racist son Archie being barred from the “trust your gut”. She insisted she would buy his
hate crime”. title of prince because of his skin He decided that in a free society first post-lockdown drinks “as a
The former colour was untrue, it was still her he should be allowed to not believe thank you for the way he has held
Daily Mirror “lived experience” and should someone and say so. the Government to account since
editor said the be respected. The presenter said had he said he the beginning of the pandemic and
Piers claimed that view was ridic- now believed Meghan, he would be his support for NHS workers”.
Pals...Piers with ulous, since someone could not lying to his audience, “the very
Sharon Osbourne have a lived experience of racism thing I’ve accused her of doing”. JAMES WHALE: PAGE 13
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A RARE gold coin from Kate Silverton: By Ashleigh Rainbird
BBC newsreader Kate
Silverton has been
working as a school

My joy working
King Edward VIII’s mental health counsellor
short-lived reign has sold for the past month, and
for a record £1.65million. says it has been a “joy”.
The £5 coin was struck And the former Strictly
but never put into star will continue with her
circulation as he voluntary role while
abdicated in 1936 after working as a broadcaster.
Kate, 50, has studied

as a counsellor
11 months.
psychotherapy and
It is one of only three trained with charity
known to exist. Place2Be. She will begin a
The sale in Dallas, masters in September.
USA, smashed the She said: “I’ve started
previous record – counselling in a London
£1million for an Edward primary school.
VIII pattern sovereign in “I have clients and
January 2020. report to a supervisor at
the end of the day. I’m
absolutely loving it.
“It’s an extraordinary
privilege to be doing that.
I feel very focused.”

GREAT VALUE
The newsreader is
releasing a book next
month about children’s
mental health, titled

WHATEVER There’s No Such Thing

As Naughty, for parents of
children under five.

THE WEATHER
She said: “I explain
how we can tackle
tantrums and tears and
stop sibling squabbles in
seconds and help our
children to lay the
foundations for good
mental health.

Happy
3 for “It has its roots in

£
10
neuroscience, and I’ve
studied really hard and
researched for many
years to put all of this
down in a fun way.
Across selected “If we lay foundations
for good mental health,
BBQ meat & fish resilience and empathy
really early, we are
giving our children
the best start.”
The newsreader,
who hosts the Beeb’s
Saturday evening
bulletins, has two
children, Clemency,
nine, and Wilbur, six,
with husband Mike
Heron, a former
Royal Marine
commando.
Kate, who has a
degree in psychology,
says she has undergone
“about 200 years of
therapy” herself.
But she stressed she
does not “therapise” her
own children.
Speaking during a
social media livestream
she said: “I’m really
engaged as a mum. I’m
very proud of them.
“They’re very Volunteer...
resilient, happy and Kate helps
engaged.” children in a
primary school

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Jean-Luc Martinez, the Paris
museum’s president-director, said:
“The Louvre is dusting off its
By Steph Spyro
treasures, even the lesser-known. For
the first time, anyone can access the
entire collection of works from a
computer or smartphone for free.”
The website – collections.louvre.fr
– showcases artworks from eight
departments, ranging from Islamic art
and Renaissance sculptures to
Egyptian antiquities.
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Our Girl Michelle’s

dressy uniform
By Steph Spyro
Max power...schoolboy
STRIDES appear to be out for Michelle Keegan

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first glance it looks like she forgot to wear any.

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The hard-working actress was modelling
beige cropped trousers and white shirt for her
catalogue range.

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Michelle, 33, star of Army drama Our Girl,
also showed off a floral minidress with chunky
boots and rainbow cardi with jeans for Very.
She released her first collection with the
By John Bett fashion brand in 2017 and the firm is
GUTSY Max Woosey, 11, still thrilled to have her on board.
looks set to smash the The online retailer said: “The
£500,000 barrier after collection exemplifies exactly
what we all want to wear
camping in his garden right now.”
for a year for charity. Former Corrie actress
Max packed up his Michelle has also been
tent after Saturday’s Big busy designing her
Camp Out, when he new Essex home with
asked children around husband Mark
the world to join him in Wright, 34 – the TV
raising funds. star turned
Dad Mark said Max’s footballer.
challenge had “brought
out both his empathy for
others and his steely
determination”.
Max’s neighbour Rick
Abbot died in 2019 aged
74. He gave him a tent
and said to have an
adventure, so he camped
out in Braunton, Devon.
The total – £494,000
last night – will go to
North Devon Hospice,
who cared for Rick.

Coiled spring..actress Michelle unveils her

latest range, aiming to celebrate the season

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By News Reporter
TV presenter Kirsty
Gallacher feels she let
her children down with
“bad behaviour” after
splitting from their dad.
She was convicted of
drink-driving in 2017,
which she blamed on her
2015 divorce from rugby
player Paul Sampson, 43.
They have sons aged
11 and 14 together.
And Kirsty said of her
marriage ending: “I dealt
with it badly at times
because I was grieving,
My kids are my whole
world and I felt I let
them down.
“We all go through
tough times in life. It’s
how you deal with it.”
The former Sky Sports
star added: “I’m loving
life now. I feel healthier
and fitter than ever, my
mind’s better than ever.”
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OXFORD professors who damned the
music curriculum as “colonialist”
have been savaged by a Tory MP.
The university is under pressure fol-
lowing Black Lives Matter protests,
with some staff questioning its
“complicity in white supremacy”.
The curriculum covers classical
composers such as Beethoven and
Mozart – which critics now claim
focuses too much on “white European
music from the slave period”.
But irate Sir John Hayes said: “It is
parroting a kind of crass grasp of how
culture unfolds but also a distorted
view of British history.
“I say with the greatest sympathy
that it is probable that many music
academics don’t really have a secure
grasp of history. Why would they? So
they just need to read more and learn
By Steph Spyro
more.” The Lincs MP, who is white,
suggested: “With time on their hands
during the pandemic, they can read
more history and get a better grasp of
the positive difference Britain has
made over time.”
The row has also upset some fac-
ulty members who argue it is
unfair to accuse those teach-
ing pre-1900 music of being
concerned only with
“white”. The proposals put
forward by one faction of
academics to address so-
called “white hegemony”
include rethinking the
Biopic on genius...
Joseph Bologne
study of instructive musical symbols
because it is a “colonialist representa-
tional system”.
Their document states teaching
notation that has not “shaken off its
connection to its colonial past” would
be a “slap in the face” for some stu-
dents. Music writing studies have
been earmarked for rebranding to be
more inclusive and diverse.
But the university yester-
day denied reports that
sheet music may be
removed. However, the
rebel professors do believe
skills such as learning piano
or conducting orchestras,
should no longer be com-
pulsory. They allege the
repertoire “structur-
ally centres white
European music”, which causes “stu-
dents of colour great distress”.
Documents note the “vast bulk of
tutors for techniques are white men”.
Claims of an “almost all-white fac-
ulty” giving “privilege to white
music” are also made.
The university responded, saying all
its courses are regularly reviewed:
“Maintaining diverse and up-to-date
curricula is a priority. Its importance
has been reinforced by recent events.
We aim to make Oxford a more inclu-
sive place to live, work and study.”
The paper comes as Hollywood
makes a biopic about 18th-century
composer Joseph Bologne – once cel-
ebrated as the “Black Mozart”.
Some claim Mozart plagiarised his
work. The story of Bologne, born of a
slaver and slave – is due next year.

18 Daily Express Monday, March 29, 2021
Tell consumers
how to go green…
don’t tell them off
In the final part of our series, the
Iceland Foods boss argues we must
ALL sign up to saving the planet, not
just the worthy middle-classes
By Richard Walker Managing Director of Iceland Foods
W
E ALL recall the 2019 Extinction
Rebellion protests across the UK.
Middle-aged vicars glueing them-
selves to gateposts; bullnose-
ringed millennials haphazardly
spraying the Treasury with fake
blood. Capitalist mausoleums everywhere
were under attack from middle-class mobs.
One such unfortunate group elected to unfurl
a protest banner on the roof of a London
Underground train at the traditionally
working-class and ethnically diverse Canning
Town station, east London, in the morning
rush hour. Big mistake.
“I’ve got to feed my kids!” screamed one
exasperated commuter as the angry crowd
surged to detach the protesters from their
perch. Fortunately the misguided eco-
warriors were unharmed but I don’t think
I’ve seen a more powerful example of the
dichotomy that can exist between some
green activists and ordinary people just try-
ing to provide for their families.
It’s essential to make people sit up and
realise what we are all doing to the planet.
But as I have quickly learned, evangelising
on environmental issues to people who
haven’t got the luxury to prioritise such con-
cerns is wrong. Too often, people get caught
up with one element without taking a
broader view. If customers can’t buy caged
hens’ eggs any more because they are
deemed lower welfare than free-range eggs,
they might not be able to afford to provide
high quality protein for their families.
If environmentally friendly paper bags
don’t sell because people prefer the robust-
ness of plastic bags, they aren’t properly sus-
tainable because the customer doesn’t want
them. And if sales drop by 20 per cent follow-
ing the installation of doors on our fridges in
a bid to lower energy usage, that isn’t sus-
tainable because the business would go bust.
We need to tell people – not tell them off.
And rather than capitalism itself being the
scurrilous root cause of these problems (as
some green protesters would see it), the
private sector has a key role to play in
working towards solutions.
Trailblazers such as Body Shop founder
Anita Roddick led the way by shaping her
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business model around ethical consumerism.
While my personal hero David Attenborough
declined the top job at the BBC to focus on
bringing the wonders of the natural world to
as many people as possible.
Corporations are the co-drivers of con- PLASTIC TIDE: Garbage litters a
sumer behaviour – and consumerism is French beach after a winter storm.
wrecking the planet. Business orchestrates Inset left, Richard Walker
what people buy, when and how they buy it
– what type of car or water bottle, which
mortgage product or holiday destination. It
follows that corporations are in a unique and ththe problem
bl because pretty
b tt much h every seas every single
i minute of every day. A dog-
powerful position to put things right. product we sold was packaged in plastic. I eared plastic bag has even been found six
became determined to try to do something miles down at the bottom of the ocean... our
about it. Then one freezing cold day in 2017 last, great unexplored habitat but no longer
I found myself at New Brighton beach on the beyond the plastic plague. The very qualities
Wirral. The wind howling from the north, that make plastic so fantastic – indestructible,
with long plumes of sand swirling in its versatile, colourful, lightweight and cheap –
wake, made my eyes stream. I was there to also make it harmful.
I HAD been looking forward to my surfing join a community beach clean.
T
trip to Taghazout in Morocco for months I mentioned that the windswept beach
and, when I got there, I wasn’t disappointed looked remarkably clean. “You really think
– world-famous waves like Killer Point and so?” said Chris Cureton, an activist from the
Boilers were in peak condition. But despite British Divers Marine Life Rescue charity, as HOSE nurdles are just one example
the primo conditions, I cut short the long- he crouched to pick up a handful of tiny of microplastics. All plastic in the
anticipated trip because it wasn’t just the plastic spheres. environment eventually breaks down
waves that greeted me as I stood on the “These are mermaids’ tears – also called into microplastics, and then tiny nanoplas-
white sandy beaches and paddled in the nurdles. They are the raw material for every- tics. Scientists are now learning that such
water. I looked in horror at the amount of thing made from plastic,” he explained. nanoplastics and their by-products have
plastic detritus everywhere. It was over- “And as they look exactly like fish eggs, the slowly entered our food chains… and insidi-
whelming. Nauseating. birds eat them.” Now I had seen them I ously worked their way into our own bodies.
That trip was more than 10 years couldn’tt un-see them: they were lit-
couldn I wanted to find out exactly what was
ago. Since then there has been everywhere – long lines
erally every going on inside my own body, and so organ-
more new plastic produced
duced of multicoloured
multi dots end- ised a toxic non-metal chemical profile
than there was over the lessly stretching out through the Biolab Clinic in London. My
entire previous century.
ry. across each tideline.
acro urine sample clearly showed that my body
And every time I have e The planet’s oceans
T had burdens of toxic compounds, such as
surfed since then, are both immense
ar monoethyl phthalate, phenylglyoxylic acid
I’ve witnessed the ccarbon sinks and and diphenyl phosphate.
growing sewage of oxygen producers...
o These markers are the result of exposure
plastic in our seas vvast, silent ecosys- to particular tracer chemicals like phthalates,
and on our beaches. ttems upon which all styrene and triphenyl phosphate – all used in
Seeing first hand llife on Earth ulti- a wide range of plastic products.
the degradation of mately depends.
m So in January 2018, Iceland became the
the natural world The oceans are our first major retailer anywhere in the world to
made me a strong critical ally – the
cr commit to eliminating plastic packaging from
advocate for the envi-- more diverse, the bet-
mo all our own-label products – and to achieve it
ronment. But after I ter. Yet they are being by the end of 2023.
came to work for Iceland,
and, swamped
swam by plastic Getting rid of plastic is a lot more difficult
it dawned on me we were a INSPIRATIONAL: Richard waste, w with a truckload of than people realise. The scale of what we
significant contributoror to with David Attenborough the stuff dumped into the need to achieve is enormous, working across

1,400 product lines with 300 different sup-
pliers. Take those infamous plastic-wrapped
cucumbers, for example. Superficially, it
seems absurd (although not as mindless as
shrink-wrapped coconuts, which still baffles
me). But by wrapping a cucumber in plastic,
moisture is retained, and the shelf life is dra-
matically increased – thus cutting down on
food waste in both store and home.
The packaging alternatives we’ve seen are
either more expensive or technically inferior.
Increasing cucumber deliveries to our stores
(to hold less stock and therefore sell
unwrapped cucumbers more quickly), would
increase cost and emissions. So the mystery
of how to sell an unwrapped cucumber
remains unsolved, for now.
And while many recent surveys can be
used as evidence of modern consumers
showing a preference for ethical brands, do
customers care in the real world, away from
middle-class virtue-signallers? At Iceland,
the reality that we face time and time again
is that customers do not want to be lectured
to about environmentalism.
They’ve got enough on their plates. They
care about all of these issues, but just haven’t
got the time for first-world indulgences.
For example, take our 30-store trial replac-
ing plastic carrier bags with paper bags. I
quickly learned that above all else our cus-
tomers want to get in, buy what they need
and get out... quickly. They do not want to be
barraged with messages about the state of
our oceans or be told to think hard about
paying more for more sustainable paper
bags. Because they won’t. (And they didn’t.)
Plastic removal has involved a painful pro-
cess of trial and error. We introduced paper
bands to hold together bunches of five
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bananas, hoping to replace the 10 million entirely natural product that is also com-
plastic bags a year we were wrapping them pletely biodegradable. The average chewing
in. But the bands weren’t strong enough to gum user was pretty horrified to find the
hold the bunches together: wastage stuff was based on plastic – but evidently not
increased, sales fell and we had to revert to as horrified as they were at paying more for a
bags in many stores. Our first two ready- non-plastic alternative. We had to delist it a
meal ranges launched in board trays – year later because of poor sales.
Mexicana street food and Hungry Heroes Ultimately, without customers, there is no
meals for kids – did not last because custom- business. And if they aren’t interested in your
ers did not take to them (the food, I firmly initiative... then it was never sustainable.
believe, rather than the trays). Crucially, we must ensure products remain
cost-neutral to customers, many of whom
have little cash to spare. This is essential if we
are to make environmentalism accessible to
everyone.
After years of research, we have come to
the conclusion that in most cases the best
WE trialled loose fresh produce in one of our alternative to plastics does not lie in some
larger The Food Warehouse stores for three miracle new material. The best solution is
months in 2019: sales fell by 30 per cent. probably the oldest material known to man:
Similarly, we launched the UK’s first plastic- trees. And by trees, I don’t mean wood – I
free chewing gum in August 2018 – an mean materials derived from wood such as
BACKLASH: Commuters drag Extinction Rebellion
protesters from an Underground train in October 2019
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paper board, pulp and so on. And yes, the
irony of going back to a material that plastic
replaced because of environmental concerns
about chopping down too many trees has not
escaped me.
But steadily we are making progress – and
in March last year I was delighted to
announce that, two years into our mission,
Iceland had reduced its plastic packaging
usage by 29 per cent or 3,794 tonnes annu-
ally – the weight of 542 elephants. Since our
announcement in 2018, every major UK
supermarket has now set themselves dra-
matic plastic reduction targets. Tesco pledged
to remove one billion pieces of plastic,
Sainsbury’s will halve its plastic footprint by
2025 and Waitrose will eliminate unneces-
sary plastic by 2023.
They are all to be applauded. And, in turn,
this will help make Iceland’s 2023 own-label
plastic removal target more deliverable.
Am I worried we won’t meet our target?
Of course. Am I worried I’ll be dragged
through the media and accused of not fulfill-
ing my promise? Yes. Will that stop me giving
it everything I’ve got? No way.
● Extracted from The Green Grocer: One
Man’s Manifesto for
Corporate Activism by
Richard Walker (£12.99)
published by DK on
Thursday. For free UK
delivery, call Express
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By Joe Morgan
By Barnaby Kellaway JUST one hour of
exercise makes cells burn
A UNIQUE sword placed on calories at a faster rate
Captain Sir Tom Moore’s coffin
will be the centrepiece of a
for up to two days, a
new museum display when study has found.
lockdown ends. Researchers found
The beautifully-crafted blade those who exercised
is inscribed with the badge of regularly burned more
Cpt Sir Tom’s old unit, the energy even when they
Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, were not working out.
along with his name and But the team at
service number. Oregon State University
Beneath is Yorkshire say the study is the first
regimental motto: “Fortune to discover that even
Favours the Brave”, while the an hour’s exercise in
other side is engraved with his sedentary people had
famous words: “Tomorrow will a positive fat-burning
be a good day”. effect for up to two days.
The blade – crafted by
Pooley Sword – was gifted to
Lead author Dr Matt
the Yorkshire Regiment, his Robinson said: “It’s very
regiment’s successor, after it encouraging for people
provided the pall-bearers on to realise that you can
February 27. get health benefits
It has now given the sword from a single session
to the York Army Museum, of exercise.”
which will make it the Post-exercise,
centrepiece of a display Twinkly... participants burned 12
paying tribute to Cpt Sir Tom. Capt Tom to 13 per cent more
He won hearts as he raised fat-based fuel and 14
£33million for NHS charities to 17 per cent more
doing laps of his garden on a sugar-based fuel.
walking frame aged 99.
Pooley Sword boss Robert
Pooley said: “To be asked to
prepare a sword for such a
distinguished gentleman was
a great honour and privilege.”
Major Lee Wildey, who
delivered the sword to the
Glint...
museum, said: “It was a
Maj Lee
moving and very fitting tribute
Wildey
for such an inspirational man.
admires
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sword,
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FORMER MP Jonathan Aitken –
once jailed for perjury – has
narrowly escaped death, surviv-
ing two heart attacks.
One friend said: “It was a mira-
cle frankly.”
Tory Mr Aitken, 78, was jailed
for 18 months in 1999 for perjury
and perverting the course of
justice during a failed attempt to
sue a newspaper for libel.
The one-time Chief Secretary
to the Treasury has worked as a
prison chaplain since his release.
The former Cabinet minister
survived the heart attacks during
emergency surgery on his gut,
leaving him in an induced coma.
Friends revealed how a priest
was even called to perform the
last rites when doctors failed in
By Chris Riches
their first attempt to revive him.
A source said: “Doctors warned
us he was slipping away and
would likely have brain damage
if he pulled through.
“After three days in a coma
there was no change. He didn’t
wake up from the coma the first
time they tried. A day later,
they tried again and we all
said a big ‘hooray’ when he
came round.
“We had our first con-
versation with him and he
was foggy, but all right.”
It is understood Mr
Aitken, right, former MP
for Thanet, is now
on the mend. His
problems started a year ago
with internal bleeding exacer-
bated by Covid.
Two weeks ago he attended
hospital for a routine procedure
but fell ill and was taken to the
Lister Hospital in central
London. A family source said:
“His gut basically died.”
He has been speaking daily by
phone to wife Elizabeth Rees-
Williams, 84. His business-
man son William, 37, flew
back to the UK from his
Dubai base but had to go
into hotel quarantine.
Several prisoners at
Pentonville jail, where he is
a part-time chaplain,
have sent their
support.
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22 Daily Express Monday, March 29, 2021

HICKEY
MONTHS of travel restrictions appear to
The real-life
Victorian
have taken their toll on excitable Tory
politician Michael Fabricant, pictured, who
eagerly publicises news that British Airways
is selling its First-Class
cuisine as £80 home meal
kits to grounded travellers.
The flamboyantly-
coiffured Lichfield MP
goes on to bizarrely
suggest we take matters a
step further by resorting

rock star
to “making jet engine
noises and using Zoom,” adding: “You can
pretend you’re flying to somewhere exotic,
First-Class, with your friends.”
Fabricant, 70, then clarifies he won’t
actually be splashing out £80 on the BA
meals during his imaginary flights. “I’ll stick
to my microwavable £3 spaghetti
bolognese,” he adds.

DOING the television rounds yesterday,

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden’s
ruthlessly-shorn blond locks soon met
with widespread speculation. With
hairdressers closed in England until April
12, Mrs Dowden was inevitably being
identified as the potential culprit. As Kate Winslet plays her in a new
DAYS after his departure from the BBC
News channel was announced, colourful
broadcaster Simon McCoy is concerned to
film, how female fossil hunting
find himself now referred to in the past tense
by fans and colleagues. McCoy, 59, who’s
joining soon-to-be launched rival channel
genius Mary Anning battled sexism,
GB News, points out: “I am not dead.”
snobbery and personal tragedy
WHILE Sir Anthony Hopkins’s pet cat Niblo

these days enjoys celebrity status after
starring in his owner’s popular Instagram
videos over the past year, how will the
pampered feline respond to a rival?
California-based Hopkins, 83, confirms
he now has a second cat living with him
called Amore. We await news of Niblo’s
welcome with interest...
WITH Sir Ian McKellen, 81, portraying an
elderly Hamlet in the upcoming “age blind”
production at Theatre
Royal Windsor, might
there soon be demand for
his esteemed female
contemporaries to reprise
their own celebrated
Shakespearean roles?
Dame Judi Dench,
pictured, back as
Cleopatra? Dame Maggie Smith returning
as Lady Macbeth? Watch this space.
BENEDICT Cumberbatch’s latest video
appearance proved a peculiar affair –
courtesy of the fact he avoided being seen
on camera.
Currently filming another superhero
movie – Benedict’s character Doctor
Stephen Strange is understood to have
a new look – the 44-year-old star told
bemused fans: “I can’t show you my face.
I’m filming Doctor Strange and it’s all
embargoed... just to explain why you’re
looking at a very attractive ceiling in a trailer.”
THESE days a keen gardener at his
Somerset home, Sean Bean is particular
about what he wears when labouring on the
land. After explaining he opts for
camouflage T-shirts, the 61-year-old actor
curiously adds: “I’ve also got a few pairs of
boxer shorts with nice little pictures of tools
on them – hammers and chisels – so that
puts me in the mood.”
Whatever works for you, Sean!
D
RESSED in a bonnet and billowing
green coat with a basket across her
arm, the prim-looking woman in the
painting would seem eminently typ-
ical for her era... were it not for the
cliffs to her back and the pickaxe in
her hand. For the lady in question is Mary
Anning, immortalised in The Geographical
Society’s 1850 portrait by Benjamin Donne
– and she was no retiring Victorian type.
Born into a family of impoverished reli-
gious dissenters in 1799 in Lyme Regis,
Dorset, she was a self-taught paleontologist
whose pioneering discoveries altered science
forever. Today she is recognised as one of the
greatest fossil hunters ever, having risked her
life daily beneath the crumbling cliffs of
Dorset’s Jurassic Coast while battling sexism,
social snobbery and personal tragedy.
Now her incredible story is set to come to
wider public attention as a film depicting a
lesbian love affair between Anning and a
female collaborator hits our screens.
Ammonite, starring Kate Winslet in the he
lead role and Saoirse Ronan as her geologist gist
lover Charlotte Murchison, has been accused ed
of sexing up the truth – but Anning’s support- rt-
ers hope it will solidify her legacy.
“Her finds were jaw-dropping,” sayss
Emma Bernard, curator of Fossil Fish at
the Natural History Museum, where
Anning’s specimens are publicly dis-
played, including the first complete skel-
eton of a plesiosaur. “If some of them
were found today, they would be
described as the find of the century.”
Three of the creatures she found are
considered holotypes – specimens of such h
unique importance as to be used to describe be
and name an entirely new species.
“Even today her specimens are heavily ily
used by scientists,” explains Emma.
What made Anning so successful, says ays
Emma, was her “eye and knack” for finding ng
what were then called “curiosities”.
She made perhaps her most famous exca-
By Kat Hopps
vation aged 12 in 1811 when she uncovered
a 5.2metre long ichthyosaur skeleton, the
first of its species to be correctly identified.
Given this was 30 years before the word
“dinosaur” was coined by biologist Sir
Richard Owen, some mistook the 200-mil-
lion-old marine reptile for a crocodile.
Her second major find, in 1823, of the first
complete plesiosaur skeleton caused such a
stir that people assumed it must be a fake.
Paleontology wasn’t yet a science and
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was
not published until 1859. Anning’s excava-
tions, along with emerging scientific theories,
threatened religious orthodoxy.
Attempts were made to cover them up.
“They rocked the theory that Earth was cre-
ated in seven days and was only 6,000 years
EYE-OPENING DISCOVERIES: From left,
Anning’s plesiosaur, a brittle star and, front,
sketch of ichthyosaur skull she found in 1811
old,” explains Emma. But even as her name
became established in academic circles, and
she became the “go-to expert” for scientists
from Europe and America looking for fossils,
she was barred from joining The Geological
Society of London – it didn’t admit women
until 1904 – and her discoveries were filed
under men’s names.
“The world has used me ill... these men of
learning have sucked my brains, and made a
great deal of publishing works, of which I fur-
nished the contents, while I derived none of
the advantages,” she later told a friend.
Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes, a British archae-
ologist and co-founder of website
Trowelblazers, which celebrates notable
female scientists, says: “She was well aware
she was finding all this amazing stuff, and it
wasn’t always properly credited to her.
“She had collegiate relationships with the
people who became famous as paleontolo-
gists because they were the ones that could
publish
publ the papers.”
Anning
An lived in an era when women did
not hhave the vote and were barred from uni-
versities
versi and academic societies. Her working-
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STONY DETERMINATION: Kate Winslet, main, PRIM: But Mary Anning,

as Mary Anning in Ammonite. Inset, with painted by Benjamin Donne,
co-star Saoirse Ronan as Charlotte Murchison was no shrinking violet

class roots limited her too – fossil hunting
was the preserve of the rich – but she was
shaped by luck interspersed by tragedy. At
just 15 months, she survived being struck by
lightning as a family friend cradled her under
a tree during a storm. The three women with
her were all killed instantly.
and she would have been expected to have
children,” says Rebecca. Danger was ever-
present and Anning was heartbroken when
her faithful dog, Tray, was killed in a land-
slide in which she was injured. Still, she con-
tinued fossil hunting in all weathers.
“Men who met her noted she was
museum, you can see what a skeleton is sup-
posed to look like but can you imagine find-
ing the tip of a snout on an ichthyosaur?”
She was the first to recognise coprolites, col-
loquially known as fossilised poo, locating
them in the ribs of the ichthyosaurs. Such
unglamorous work helped scientists
director Francis Lee has caused a furore by
making it romantic. Journalist Oliver Tickell,
62, one of Anning’s descendants, doesn’t
object. His father, former British ambassador
to the United Nations Sir Crispin Tickell, 90,
is her great-great-great nephew. “I am not
wholly opposed to a bit of free license with

A
NNING’S father, Richard, and
mother, Molly, considered their
daughter’s survival a miracle and a
turning point when her health blossomed.
They had 10 mouths to feed, although only
Mary and older brother Joseph survived to
adulthood. Richard, a cabinet maker with a
seafront shop, turned to fossil hunting for
extra cash, a young Mary clambering over
rocks to help him find and clean fossils.
One day he fell and tumbled over the top
of the cliffs. He survived but his body was
weakened and he died of tuberculosis when
his daughter was 11. The family was saddled
with his debts and Mary’s fossil hunting
became an economic necessity. She had little
formal education but could read and write,
and taught herself geology and anatomy.
Too poor to afford scientific publications,
she borrowed them and copied out every
word. “She took great care to educate herself
about the creatures that she was finding,
partly because of business acumen and her
need to know what money they could poten-
tially bring her,” says Rebecca.
Anning advertised the “choice bits” out-
side her father’s shop and her specimens
were often sold to the Natural History
Museum. It was a precarious existence and
the question has long existed about why she
didn’t marry, as was common, for security.
“Marrying somebody with another income
would have helped but she may then have
been required to give up some of the time of
the fossil collecting to look after the house –
tanned and was masculine in her understand how the animals had history in the interest of bringing a story to
expression,” says Rebecca. “But eaten and interacted. life and making it more interesting and more
what does that mean from a ‘Her finds And she was the first to rec- colourful than it perhaps was,” he says.
man in that period? Was she ognise the preserved ink sacs “I’d like to see how it’s done and I hope it
feisty and not willing to were jaw- of fossilised squid, using is done well with sympathy and subtlety. It
take rubbish offers for her dropping... them to sketch the speci- may add an interesting dimension and who
fossils at her shop? Was she mens with her neighbour knows? It could even be true.”
blunt in how she talked to discovered today, and friend Elizabeth Oliver says Anning is a source of great
people or super confident?”
Contemporary scientist
they would be the Philpot.
It was a myth she lacked
pride and joy for his family, who share her
passion for fossil hunting. He regards her as a
Gideon Mantell branded finds of the friends or was a sole female “fighter” with an “indomitable spirit”.
Anning a “prim, pedantic vin-
egar-looking, thin female” but
century’ pioneer, Rebecca says. “She
was not this isolated lighthouse
“There were years in which they had to
sell off bits of furniture, and other years
Rebecca says this is pure misogyny. of a woman doing paleontology where a fossil made £100 – it was precari-
Anning was exemplary in her tal- by herself. She was embedded in the ous,” he says. “Mary was proud, stubborn
ent and preparation of sites. True, the Jurassic networks of other active women.” and independent for her entire life and she
Coast was littered with prehistoric jewels but One of Anning’s closest relationships was needed to be in order to succeed and survive
it took more than luck and random chiselling. with middle-class geologist Charlotte through the poverty that she inherited.”
“Mary needed to know where to look, Murchison whom she taught to fossil hunt. Anning died of breast cancer aged 47 in
how to recognise a fossil, and how far it went The exact nature of their relationship 1847, struggling financially to her last day.
back into the rock,” Emma explains. “In a remains unclear but Ammonite Rebecca Wragg Sykes believes her life
packs a punch today because of the juxta-
position between her straight-laced, full-
FITTING TRIBUTE FOR THE FOSSIL FINDER skirted Victorian image and the
“vast, terrifying creatures she
WHEN Evie Swire learned about Mary build a statue of Anning in her was discovering”.
Anning at school four years ago, she hometown of Lyme Regis. They hit While Emma Bernard says
asked her mother Anya Pearson when their target after David Anning’s discoveries probably
they could visit her statue. Attenborough became a
“I had to explain she didn’t have patron. “When we made
ran into the thousands, and
a statue because she was a woman it we both screamed are just as worthy of praise as
and working-class and had been – it felt really good her “rock star” finds, since scien-
forgotten,” recalls Anya. to know Mary was tists rely on mass volumes to
Evie, pictured right, from going to get her develop evolution theories. She
Dorchester, was shocked. “I looked at statue,” says Evie, 13. adds: “If alive now, Mary would
her and thought, ‘She’s right’. It’s Pending council be one of the leading paleontolo-
shameful people had not championed approval, the statue will gists of today.”
her,” adds Anya. The pair embarked be built near Anning’s
on a £100,000 fundraising campaign to Dorset birthplace. ● Ammonite is out now via
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Mobsters
on mopeds
reach end
Daley: I won gold medals
of the road
By Stephen Beech
TWO knife-wielding
moped thieves who
on diet of Coke and chips
brought chaos to
London’s West End have
been jailed.
Career criminals Alfie
Atherton, 29, and Reed
Roberts, 30, stole more
than £40,000 in cash and
perfume from security
vans and designer shops.
They also caused tens of
thousands of pounds
worth of damage.
Atherton threatened a
security guard with a
Rambo knife in one raid,
warning him: “Get back
or I will stab you!”
The Flying Squad’s
Det Con Lenny O’Keeffe
said of the Londoners:
“Atherton and Roberts
caused chaos,
threatening and using
violence to steal cash
and high-value goods.”
Atherton got 10 years,
six months after
admitting robbery,
attempted burglary and
having a knife. Roberts
admitted robbery and
got seven years, six By John Bett Champion..
months at Snaresbrook Daley, above at
Crown Court. ONE of Britain’s greatest athletes has Olympics and
revealed he achieved his Olympic suc- right, winning
cess on a diet of fizzy pop and chips. European gold.

Dog owner Daley Thompson, 62, won the gold

medal for the decathlon at the Games
Left, Caitlyn and
when she was
athlete Bruce,
hunt after in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world
record for the event four times.
But now it’s emerged he achieved all
far left

cops find his feats while never drinking a drop of

water and sticking to Sprite and Coke.
Speaking on Colin Murray’s
stolen pets Midnight Meets podcast, Daley admit-
ted that he didn’t like the taste of water my children when they were young.” me and I’ve tried to be the
By Stephen Beech – and would avoid vegetables too. He added that he had eaten chips same. I love to give back to
He said: “I always figured that if I “three or four times” in the past week. other sports people.
COPS who found 10 was going to have anything to drink it When asked about his heroes, Daley “It must be the most
stolen dogs during a raid should be something that I enjoyed the chose Bruce Jenner – the Olympic difficult thing in the world for
are appealing for the taste of, and as we all know water don’t champion decathlete in the 1970s who the first 60 years of your life
owners to come forward. taste too good on its own. later transitioned to Caitlyn Jenner. to pretend to be someone
The lurchers and “Mostly it was Sprite, Coca-Cola, Daley said: “I met him in ’76 and he you’re not.
spaniels were seized and Gatorade and the likes, to be was really nice – and he was always “How brave then to take a
at an undisclosed Surrey honest. In my defence, imagine how happy to talk to this young kid who stand and become the person
address. But only one good I could have been.” was following him around and asking maybe you always should have
– cocker spaniel Willow, When asked about what he eats, him lots of questions. been. It must have been such a
two – has been reunited Daley said he refused to eat vegetables “Afterwards he said if you’re ever in complicated life and so depressing.
with her owners. but defended his diet. California come and see me and we’ll “He was always my hero, and she
Det Chief Inspector He said: “I don’t know about awful, spend some time together and I did a went up in my estimation.”
John Wallace said the but it’s not your regular diet. I do eat couple of times. He was brilliant, he
rest are being cared for a vegetables, but only in the presence of was so giving and a great example for OPINION PAGE 12
secure location. He
added: “Our priority
continues to be around
the health and welfare of
the dogs and medical
treatment is ongoing.
My prayers got Dad bionic arm
“We appreciate this
has been an agonising A BOY and his amputee father By Ashley Pemberton gave Aaron a “proper hug” for
time for those members have been able to hug properly the first time.
of the public with for the first time after the lad works at Christ Church Parish The clergyman, who also
missing pets who have googled “hero arm for dad”. Church in his home town of lives with wife Leanne, 42, and
been waiting for further Aaron Cant, seven, called Colchester, Essex, with a stepchildren Holly, 18, and
information.” Dan a real life hero last year £10,000 prosthetic. Jacob, 14, said: “I was able to
Sussex Police, which when he saved a man from the Paid for by The Worshipful hold Aaron in two arms and
carried out the raid, water during a canal boat Company of Glovers, it works pull him in tight for the first
launched Operation holiday despite his disability. by detecting and amplifying time ever. I have such an
Collar in January to deal The schoolboy, who worships Dan’s muscle contractions. amazing bond with him. He
with dog thefts. his trainee vicar dad, prayed as He lost his arm in feels really validated that his
A woman aged 30 was he searched the web – and a head-on car crash prayers have been answered.”
arrested and released found Open Bionics, which which killed his then fiancee Aaron said: “I am so excited.
pending enquiries. uses 3D printing to make and a motorcyclist in 2015. Daddy can now build super
● Email dogtheft@ bionic limbs called Hero Arms. After receiving his new arm model Lego with his super arm.
sussex.pnn.police.uk Armed with faith...vicar Dan holds Aaron with ‘hero’ limb The firm fitted Dan, 42, who earlier this month, Dan said he He is my hero.”
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Mystery...
Sarm Heslop
Cushty...Del
vanished
while in the
Caribbean.
3-wheeler
Left, Sarm
with best van is sold
for £36,000
pal Kate
Owen, who
now wants
answers
from police
By News Reporter
ONE of the original
three-wheeled vans
used in Only Fools and
Horses has sold at
auction for a lovely
jubbly £36,000.
The 1972 Reliant
Rebel Supervan III was
bought by the BBC
when the Del Boy
sitcom began in 1981.
The yellow van was
one of a fleet of six
used during the 22-year
run of the classic show.
Its bodywork has
been painted to appear
scuffed and its has the
words “Paris, New York,
Peckham” and “Trotters
Independent Traders”
on the side.
Included in the sale
was a roof rack, holding
a market traders’
By Chris Riches suitcase, fluffy dice,
and a “Tax in the Post”
MISSING Sarm Heslop’s heartbroken sign in the windscreen.
best friend has demanded answers When the show ended
over her disappearance. in 2003, the van was
Kate Owen, 41, travelled with Sarm snapped up.
to the Caribbean 15 months ago to The buyer then sold it
start a new life. through Silverstone
She is desperate for news about her Auctions of Ashorne,
friend, who vanished from lover Ryan Warwicks. Boss Gary
Bane’s yacht while it was moored off Dunne, said: “It was a
Saint John in the US Virgin Islands. great opportunity to
Sarm, 41, met Mr Bane last July via own a slice of British
dating app Tinder. comedy history.”
She is thought to have disappeared
from the wealthy American’s yacht
Siren Song in the early hours of
March 8.
Sunbathe?
Mr Bane, 44, refused to let detec-
tives search his boat and it is now
We want to
understood he has sailed away from
have lots of
How did my best
the scene of Sarm’s disappearance.
Now best friend Kate has said she
cannot understand why Mr Bane will
not cooperate with detectives probing
the disappearance.
adventures
She wrote online: “She is a daugh- By Adrian Hearn
ter, a sister, a niece and an auntie. A MOST of us want to do
godmother, a girlfriend, a colleague something more

friend vanish from

and my best friend. adventurous on holiday
“We will not leave quietly. We need than lying on a beach
a thorough investigation. We deserve this year, a poll reveals.
answers. She deserves answers.” Some 67 per cent
thought they’d spent
Untoward too much time sitting
around doing nothing
Another friend, Anna Wilson, 40, over the past 12 months.

said Mr Bane explained to Sarm’s
friends that they had enjoyed dinner
out together and taken the dinghy
back to the boat.
Anna added: “Nothing seemed
untoward. They went back to the boat
at about 10pm and watched a film.
“Ryan said that he woke and real-
ised she was gone but that her phone
and wallet were still aboard the boat.”
Mr Bane claimed he was woken at
2am by an anchor alarm, which
triggers an alert if the boat strays from
its position, and found her gone.
Police said he was advised to ring
the US Coast Guard. But it later
emerged they did not receive the SOS
call until more than nine hours later.
It was claimed Mr Bane reportedly
refused to talk to police or let them on
his boat.
He has repeatedly refused to com-
ment publicly and has now been
charged by the US Coast Guard with
obstructing law enforcement agents.
Mr Bane was handed a citation,
Caribbean yacht?
understood to have stood in a
doorway and told them they could
not go inside.
Local police have said Mr Bane is
not a suspect in the disappearance or
a person of interest in the case.
But the FBI want to speak to him, it
was said.
Toby Derima, a spokesman for the
Virgin Islands Police Department,
said: “Nothing so far actually confirms
the couple went back to the yacht
together that night.”
Lovers...Sarm and yacht owner Ryan Sarm, from Southampton, had
worked as an air hostess for eight
which does not count as a criminal years until 2016 and travelled with
record, for not allowing officers inside Kate, from Southsea, Hants, to the
the vessel. Canary Islands in December 2019.
When they boarded anyway, he is From there, they sailed together to
the Caribbean to begin a new life in
the tropical paradise. But Sarm then
went to work as a cook on Siren Song.
Earlier this week it was revealed Mr
Bane served 21 days in jail in 2011 for
attacking ex-wife Corie Stevenson
after driving back from a wedding in
Michigan.
According to a police report, he
flew into a rage and dragged her out of
a truck before smashing her head into
the dining room floor.
An officer wrote: “Corie’s front
right tooth had a chip out of it. Her
right ear lobe was bloody and
scratched. Her right shoulder and the
right side of her neck showed red
scratches. Her right eyelid was
scratched and red.”
Almost one-third
(32 per cent) would like
to see the Northern
Lights, but the most
popular holiday activity
that Brits long for is to
explore the countryside
on a walking adventure.
More than half (56 per
cent) would like to to go
somewhere they can
take photos of stunning
scenery – while 55 per
cent said they want to
visit a new country.
The poll, by
Icelandair, found 79 per
cent are worried about
booking a holiday in
case it gets cancelled
– something just 27 per
cent were worried about
before Covid.
And 72 per cent said
they will not book if
there is a possibility
they can’t postpone it
without being charged.
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The Crusader Fighting for your rights By MAISHA FROST

Crash victim failed by betting industry

THE torment suffered by a mentally In January Stuart, 28, tried to kill
Picture: GETTY
ditions. The Gambling Commission
ill young man, who gambled away himself, and his dad Jeff gained told Stuart and Jeff it couldn’t help
£120,000 after a severe brain injury, power of attorney over his affairs. as it was not an ombudsman.
became intolerable when his When Stuart and Jeff asked “The time has come for the
attempts to recoup the funds from Crusader for support, Jeff told us: Government to introduce a regime
some gaming companies were met “My efforts at first were focussed to tackle the [industry’s] methods,”
with hostility and stalling. only on him getting better. I didn’t says MP Carolyn Harris, chair of
A car accident last year left Stuart realise what was going on.” the Gambling Related Harm All
with delusions and mania, disorders As the losses mounted, Stuart Party Parliamentary Group.
distorting his notion of money’s asked the companies for compas- Will Prochaska, chief executive of
value. sion. He provided medical proof charity Gambling With Lives, is urg-
During recovery he descended and Jeff sent his power of attorney. ing the Government to create a
into a hellish spiral, opening numer- Some have acted responsibly, set- he lost. “They won’t accept my port for anyone who is vulnerable. gambling ombudsman.
ous betting accounts. All are regu- tling in full. One inexplicably power of attorney and they say Stuart’s experience also encom- Nichola Marshall, a partner at law
lated by the UK’s Gambling deducted 30 per cent (£1,000) and their decision seven months ago was passes wider concerns about the firm Leigh Day, is representing the
Commission. In one frenzy he spent imposed a gagging order. Threats of final,” claims Jeff. gambling industry, its attitude to family to obtain redress from the
£12,000 in five weeks. legal action were commonplace Crusader has contacted the com- social responsibilities and the nar- firm. They will be challenging the
Much of the money came from when the pair pleaded for refunds. pany, but so far without success. row scope of consumer redress. validity of the contract, given
his accident claim payout that was Stuart’s £5,000 loan has run up From the evidence we’ve seen The Government is reviewing Stuart’s capacity and vulnerability.
meant to support him and his £2,000 in interest so far. there appears a striking contradic- gambling rules. The industry’s dis- Following another breakdown,
potentially lifelong disabilities. But One company, Novibet, returned tion between the brutal individual pute resolution service IBAS says it Stuart is back in hospital.
he also took out bank and high cost his £2,000. But another has refused brush-offs issued and companies’ can’t consider a complaint concern- ● Stuart and Jeff’s names have
credit loans. to return the £20,000 Stuart claims public declarations promising sup- ing an alleged breach of licence con- been changed
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not naturally hardwired with self-belief, asks Alex Lloyd
I
t’s been called life’s enabler, the
magic ingredient that turns
ability and ambition into
action. Confidence is a prized
personality trait in our competitive
society, increasing your chances of
success and allowing you to bounce
back from bumps in the road.
We’ve all met that person who
appears born full of self-assurance,
but is confidence in your genes?
Yes, according to
behavioural geneticists,
who have delved into the
DNA of thousands of
people to assess how
much the cards you
are dealt at concep-
tion affect your
personality.
But it isn’t as simple
as a single ‘confidence
gene’. Instead, there is a
spectrum of genetic variations
that make some more predisposed
to it than others.
“Confidence is dependent on
personality type, such as the extent
to which you are an optimist, your
level of self-esteem, if you are
extroverted, open to experience and
conscientious,” says Dr William
Davies of Cardiff University
Behavioural Genetics Group.
“There are hundreds, if not
thousands, of factors which can
influence complex behavioural
traits. Each one has a very small
effect, but working together, they
give you your personality profile. It
overlaps with the genetics of
intelligence too. The more skilled
you are, the more likely you are to be
confident, but you could also
recognise your limitations and
suffer imposter syndrome.”
While assessing the innate
confidence levels of an individual is
nearly impossible, studies have
given scientists an understanding of
the way certain people may
be wired for success.
When researchers
from King’s College,
London, took a
group of identical
and non-identical
twins, they found a
hereditary element
to their self-percep-
tion. Those with
greater natural belief in
their abilities tended to
perform better in education against
those of similar intelligence.
The feel-good hormone serotonin
could also be a factor, according to
American neuropsychologist
Stephen Suomi, as people with
higher levels tend to be less anxious
and fearful. His studies of multiple
generations of rhesus monkeys
show some babies are biologically
more confident due in part to
variations in their serotonin
transporter gene – one we share
with our primate cousins.
But even when the genetic lottery
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THE KEY TO
CONFIDENCE
Lucy Baker, founder of She
Coaches Confidence (she
coachesconfidence.com)
says everyone can
boost their own self-
fails to grant you a head start in the Confidence and host of The
confidence race, that doesn’t mean Confidence Rooms podcast, belief with these
you can’t outperform the person in who works with clients to simple steps. Unless
pole position. strengthen their self-belief. you know and trust
“The way genes work for complex “Confidence is that inner STEPS yourself, you won’t be
traits is not the same as things like feeling of trusting yourself and your Lucy Baker confident.
eye colour,” says Professor Thalia abilities,” says Lucy. “It allows you to Start this process by thinking
Eley, an expert in developmental take opportunities without fear, about who you are and writing down all
behavioural genetics at King’s speak your mind and build strong your skills, interests and feelings.
College. “You are not born with relationships.  Look back at your 10-year-old self,
confidence in the same way you are “There’s a misconception that it before social expectations kicked in. Too
born with blue eyes. The genetics means arrogance or brashness. This often we try to fit in rather than do what
influencing confidence account for is not true. Confidence calms you makes us happy. Access that inner child,
about 40 per cent of the differences down, gives you clarity and even a play and have fun.
in confidence between quietness that allows  Get into a daily habit of putting your
people. you to make considered thoughts on paper, to understand yourself
“You might be born with
a lot of genes that would
be likely to make you very
confident or very unconfi-
‘‘Confidence
calms you
down, gives
decisions.”
While Lucy coaches
both sexes, she says
women predominantly
better and free up capacity in your brain
to consider decisions.
 Journaling gives you clarity of mind
and is a chance to ask yourself questions
dent, though most people seek help and many were directly, instead of relying on the advice
will be somewhere in the you clarity so confident children until of others.
middle. The rest of those you can make puberty, circumstances  Set yourself mini goals that are
differences are down to decisions or difficult events like beneficial and push your boundaries while
the experiences you have.” the pandemic dented it. remaining achievable.
She says confidence falls into two “Science shows we can rewire our  Take responsibility and push yourself
categories, social and ability, and brains, even as adults, by changing forward in some way, similar to exposure
your genes influence your starting our thinking and habits.” therapy to treat anxiety.
point for both. However, you can get Only you can build your inner  Turn the emotion of fear into
into vicious or virtuous cycles confidence, says Lucy, and you must excitement. If an important occasion or
depending on the situations you are treat it like a muscle, which means conversation is approaching, play your
exposed to, like a critical parent or exercising it regularly. favourite upbeat music, wear clothes and
encouragement to try things you “You don’t get confidence from make-up that make you feel good, or do
find challenging. other people. Winning a pay rise or an exercise such as star jumps to get rid
“It’s not nature versus nurture – a compliment will only boost it of those shaky nerves.
it’s both. You still have control, temporarily and if you wait for these  Remind yourself out loud what a great
whatever your genes say,” she says. things to happen, you could be opportunity lies ahead. We all have
This is the approach taken by waiting a long time. Remember, wobbly times and setbacks, but you have
Lucy Baker, founder of She Coaches your DNA is not your destiny.” the power to bounce back.
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Roast leg of lamb
SERVES FOUR
spri
dinn
READY IN ABOUT 2 HOURS
30 MINUTES

 3 onions, cut into wedges

 2kg leg of lamb, all visible fat
removed
 1 garlic bulb, cloves separated
 20g fresh rosemary sprigs, cut into
quarters
 800g floury potatoes, peeled and cut
into large chunks
 Low-calorie cooking spray Chicken cassoulet
 1 medium celeriac, peeled and cut SERVES FOUR
into small cubes READY IN 2 HOURS
 4 parsnips, peeled and roughly sliced
 4 carrots, peeled and cut into batons  Low-calorie cooking spray
 200g green beans  8 rashers of back bacon, all visible fat
 1 beef stock pot removed, roughly chopped
 2 level tsp beef gravy granules  2 onions, halved and sliced
 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
 600g skinless and boneless chicken
1 Preheat your oven to 190C/fan 170C/
gas mark 5. Spread the onion wedges in
a non-stick roasting tin.
thighs, all visible fat removed, cut into
large chunks
 200g lean smoked gammon, all visible
2 Cut slits all over the lamb and stuff
some with garlic and some with
rosemary. Lay the lamb in the tin and
fat removed, cut into bite-size chunks
 4 celery stalks, roughly sliced
cover with foil. Bake on the middle shelf  250g baby carrots, trimmed
for 1¾ hours (or 2½ hours if you prefer  2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
your lamb well done), then leave to rest  400g passata
for 15 minutes.
 400ml chicken stock
3 While the lamb’s cooking, boil the
potatoes for 10 minutes, then drain.
Return to the saucepan, season and cover.
 A sprig of rosemary, leaves finely
chopped
Shake the pan to roughen up the edges,
 400g can butter beans, drained
then tip the potatoes on to a non-stick
baking tray in a single layer and spray
with low-calorie cooking spray. After the
lamb’s been roasting for an hour, add the
potatoes to the oven and cook for one Harissa-spiced
hour, turning halfway.
turkey couscous
4 Meanwhile, boil the celeriac and
parsnips for 20 minutes, or until soft.
Drain, mash and season to taste. Boil the
SERVES FOUR
READY IN 25 MINUTES
carrots and green beans for five to six
minutes, then drain, reserving 200ml of  4 tbsp fat-free natural yogurt
the cooking water. Mix the water with the
 1 large garlic clove, crushed
stock pot and gravy granules.
 2 tsp harissa powder
5 Slice the lamb, removing any more
visible fat, and serve with the roast
potatoes, mash (topped with a twist of
 1 tsp paprika
 Juice of 1 small lemon, plus wedges
freshly ground black pepper), carrots and to serve
beans, and a quarter of the gravy per  700g turkey breast steaks, all visible
person. fat removed, cut into wide strips
 200g plain dried couscous
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from Slimming World’s from a jar
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 400g can haricot beans, drained
 6 baby courgettes, halved lengthways
 A small handful of fresh flat-leaf
parsley, finely chopped
 Finely grated zest of 1 orange
1 Preheat your oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas
4. Spray a large frying pan with low-
calorie cooking spray and place over a
medium-high heat. Add the bacon and
onions and stir-fry for five to six minutes.
2 Add the garlic and chicken and stir-fry
for three to four minutes, or until the
chicken is lightly browned. Transfer to a
large, flameproof, lidded casserole dish. Stir
in the gammon, celery, carrots, tomatoes,
passata and stock. Stir in the rosemary.
Bring to a simmer, then cover and transfer
to the oven for 45 minutes.
3 Stir in the beans and courgettes. Cover
and return to the oven for 25-30
minutes. Toss parsley with the orange zest.
Divide the cassoulet between bowls and
garnish with the parsley and zest to serve.
1 Put the yogurt, garlic, harissa powder,
2 Put the couscous in a large heatproof
3 Meanwhile, quarter the preserved
4 Spray a large, non-stick frying pan
5 Meanwhile, fluff up the couscous with
 225g cherry tomatoes, quartered
 2 small red onions, halved and thinly
sliced
6 Halve the turkey strips diagonally and
 25g rocket leaves
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paprika, 1 tbsp lemon juice and ½ tsp
salt into a bowl. Mix together, then add the
turkey strips and stir to coat well. Set aside.
bowl and pour over 250ml boiling
water. Cover with clingfilm and set aside.
lemons, remove the flesh and discard.
Finely chop the pith and peel. Set aside.
with low-calorie cooking spray and
place over a high heat. When hot, add half
of the turkey strips, placing them side by
side. Reduce the heat to medium and cook
for two minutes on each side, or until
browned and cooked through. Set aside
and repeat with the rest of the turkey.
a fork. Stir in the lemon peel, herbs,
peppers, tomatoes, onions and the
remaining lemon juice.
stir into the couscous along with the
rocket. Season to taste and serve with the
lemon wedges.
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Friday fish pie
SERVES FOUR
READY IN 1 HOUR
 1kg floury potatoes, peeled and
halved
 4 large carrots, peeled and grated
 300g frozen spinach, defrosted and
excess water squeezed out
 500g fresh fish-pie mix
 200g cherry tomatoes, halved
 500g plain quark
 100ml skimmed milk
 Zest of 1 lemon, plus wedges
to serve
 A small pack fresh flat-leaf parsley,
roughly chopped
 1 medium egg, beaten
1 Preheat your oven to 200C/fan 180C/
gas 6. Boil the potatoes for 15 minutes,
or until soft. Drain, season and mash.
2 In a large baking dish, mix together
the carrots and spinach to create a
vegetable base. Scatter over the fish mix
and cherry tomatoes.
3 In a small bowl, whisk together the
quark, milk, 100ml water, lemon zest
and parsley, and season to taste. Spoon
the sauce over the fish, then spread over
the mash in an even layer. Use a fork to
fluff up the top, then brush with the egg.
4 Bake on the middle shelf for 25-30
minutes until golden. Divide between
four plates and serve with the lemon
wedges for squeezing over.
Risotto regularly. Add the garlic and cook
for a further two minutes.
primavera 2 Meanwhile, put the stock in a
saucepan and bring to the boil.
SERVES FOUR Add the asparagus, peas, beans
READY IN 45 MINUTES and mangetout, simmer for five
minutes, then lift out with a slotted
 Low-calorie cooking spray spoon and set aside, keeping the
 2 celery sticks, finely chopped stock simmering gently.
 2 shallots, finely chopped
 2 garlic cloves, crushed 3 Add the rice to the frying pan
and cook for one minute,
 1 litre vegetable stock
 200g asparagus, cut into 1cm
stirring. Add a ladleful of hot stock
and stir until absorbed. Repeat,
adding a ladleful at a time and
pieces
stirring well between each addition,
 200g frozen peas until you’ve added most of the
 200g frozen baby broad beans,
stock and the rice is nearly cooked
defrosted in water and podded through but still has a little bite
 200g mangetout, cut into 1cm (this should take around 25
pieces
 300g dried arborio rice
minutes).
 6 tbsp chopped fresh mixed green
herbs, such as mint, parsley and
1 Spray a large, deep, non-stick frying
pan with low-calorie cooking spray
and place over a low heat. Add the
4 Add the asparagus, peas, beans and
mangetout and the rest of the
stock, a little at a time, until the rice is
dill
 Mixed leaf salad, to serve
celery and shallots and cook for eight
minutes until soft and sticky, stirring
cooked through. Stir in the herbs and
serve with the salad.
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OME years after he’d
helped England win the
1966 World Cup, Jack
Charlton wrote a letter to
the Football Association,
offering them his services
as the national side’s next manager.
They never wrote back.
FINDING JACK CHARLTON
(BBC2, 9pm) recalls the being an Englishman and that – to
alternative national managerial acquire hero status. Jack took his
role the former Leeds United adopted nation to Euro 1988, then
defender was destined to take, to its very first World Cup, then to
spending 10 extraordinary years its very second. In 1996 he was
in charge of the Republic of Ireland awarded honorary Irish citizenship.
national team. But Finding Jack Charlton is also
It’s the story of a man who desperately poignant. Filmed at the
worked minor miracles, and who family’s Northumberland home
defied the odds – what with him during the last 18 months of Jack’s
PICKS OF THE DAY
Quiz: Only Connect, BBC2,
8pm
Victoria Coren Mitchell
(left) asks the questions
in the final of the super-
tough quiz, with two
teams battling it out to
succeed last year’s
winners, the 007s, and be
named champions. The
contestants must use
patience, lateral thinking
and sheer inspiration to
make connections
between groups of four
things that may at first
appear not to be linked,
with one set of clues
comprising cosy firearms,
anxious puddings, demon
existed, and canine deity.
Last in the series.
Soap: Coronation Street, ITV, 7.30pm/8.30pm
Todd tells Billy he loves him and will stay if they can
be together. Meanwhile, in a bid to stop him finding
the truth, Simon lies to Nick and claims Leanne has a
new bloke. In the second episode, Michael confronts
Ed with Ronnie’s news, while Summer is heartbroken
to hear Todd might be going. Elsewhere, Imran
(Charlie De Melo, above right) tells Toyah social
services have agreed to place Kelly with them.
life, it finds this once ebullient,
larger-than-life character living
Mike Ward with advanced dementia, stripped
of the memories in which he
previews should have been able to bask in
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the wonderful moments he’d
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“They think a lot of you, don’t
they, in Ireland?” his wife Pat
remarks at one point in the
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There’s a pause as Jack gazes
back at her. “I’ve no idea,” is all
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different versions of Jack including former Taoiseach Bertie
Charlton’s story, one perhaps Ahern, writer Roddy Doyle and
focusing on his role in that 1966 musician Larry Mullen, the
World Cup win, another on his achievements of Charlton’s team
years with Leeds United, where his were a huge morale booster for the
combative style pretty much
personified the us-against-the-
Irish nation at a transitionary point
in its history.
world mentality instilled by boss And it’s clear that Jack and the
Don Revie. Irish job were the perfect fit. He
Neither of those, however, gets and the English job would never
more than a brief nod here. have been – just as he was the
Instead, the documentary devotes Charlton brother who was never
almost its entire 90 minutes to going to be made a Sir.
Jack’s time with the Republic of “The reason I think he’s not
Ireland side, mostly because his been given a knighthood,” wife Pat
success in that job had an impact remarks, “is because he’s never
far beyond mere football. been a ‘yes’ man.
As underlined here by many of “And if he’s upset anybody, well,
the non-sporting contributors, tough!”
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BBC One BBC Two ITV Channel 4 Channel 5

6.00 Breakfast Sally Nugent and
Dan Walker present a round-up of
national and international news.
9.15 Morning Live Hosted by
Kym Marsh and Gethin Jones.
10.00 Homes Under the Hammer
The team visits properties in
Derbyshire, Kent and Liverpool. (R)
11.00 NEW Frontline Fightback
Examining new crimefighting
tactics and technology.
11.45 Paramedics on Scene
A car ends up in a tree. (R)
12.15 Bargain Hunt From Ardingly
International Antiques Fair. (R)
1.00 BBC News at One; Weather
1.30 BBC Local News; Weather
1.45 Doctors Miranda arrives at
the Mill, impressing everyone but
Valerie, who remains suspicious of
her. Rob has to solve the mystery
behind an attack on a pensioner.
2.15 Impossible Quiz show.
3.00 Escape to the Country Nicki
Chapman helps a couple search for
a new home in Monmouthshire. (R)
3.45 Ready Steady Cook Sisters
Elsa and Gabriella pair up with
chefs Jeremy Pang and Akis
Petretzikis to prepare a meal.
4.30 The Repair Shop The experts
restore a rocking chair, a musical
ornament, and a cowbell collar.
5.15 Pointless Quiz show. (R)
6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather
6.30 BBC Local News; Weather
Meet the
Khans: Big in
Bolton: Cameras
follow boxer amir
Khan and his wife
Faryal Makhdoom,
11.15pm
6.00 Impossible Quiz show. (R)
6.45 Bargain Hunt Natasha Raskin
Sharp hosts in Derbyshire. (R)
7.30 Sign Zone: Inside the Zoo (R)
8.30 The Week in Parliament
9.00 BBC News at 9 Reports.
10.00 BBC News Headlines.
1.00 Head Hunters Quiz. (R)
1.45 Best House in Town
Three detached properties in
Leicestershire are in the spotlight. (R)
2.30 800 Words Zak, Ike and Steve
are missing at sea and the town
mounts a huge search operation. (R)
3.15 Nature’s Great Events
A lion family’s struggle to survive in
the Serengeti grasslands. (R)
4.15 The Wonder of Animals
Examining the communication
skills of the dolphin. (R)
4.45 Eggheads Weekday quiz
show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. (R)
5.15 Flog It! Highlights of the best
finds from the programme’s travels
around the country, including a
set of Beatles autographs. (R)
6.00 Richard Osman’s House
of Games Michelle Ackerley,
Matt Forde, Fred MacAulay and
Judy Murray compete. (R)
6.30 NEW Saved and Remade
Sabrina Grant hosts as people bring
in loved-but-unused treasures,
including a wedding dress, to be
transformed into contemporary
items by a team of expert crafters.
only ConneCt:
Victoria Coren
Mitchell asks the
questions in the
final of the quiz,
8pm
6.00 Good Morning Britain
Morning magazine featuring a lively
mix of news and current affairs.
9.00 Lorraine Entertainment,
current affairs and fashion news, as
well as showbiz stories and gossip.
Presented by Lorraine Kelly.
10.00 This Morning A mix of chat,
lifestyle features, advice and
competitions. With Local Weather.
12.30 Loose Women Celebrity
interviews and topical debate.
1.30 ITV Lunchtime News
1.55 Local News; Weather
2.00 Judge Rinder Cameras follow
criminal barrister Robert Rinder
as he takes on real-life cases
in a studio courtroom. (R)
3.00 Tenable Quiz hosted by
Warwick Davis, with five family
members answering questions
about top 10 lists, then try to score
a perfect 10 in the final round. (R)
4.00 Tipping Point Ben Shephard
hosts the arcade-themed quiz
show, in which contestants drop
tokens down a choice of four
chutes in the hope of winning
a £10,000 jackpot. (R)
5.00 The Chase Bradley Walsh
presents as Geoff, Catherine, Ieuan
and Pauline answer general
knowledge questions and work as a
team to secure a cash prize. (R)
6.00 Local News; Weather
6.30 ITV Evening News; Weather
UnForgotten:
nicola Walker stars
as DCi Cassie
stuart in the last
of the current
series of the
crime drama,
9pm
6.30 Mike & Molly Double bill. (R)
7.10 Cheers Double bill. (R)
8.10 The King of Queens (R)
9.05 Frasier Double bill. (R)
10.00 Escape to the Chateau: DIY
Dick Strawbridge joins a couple
looking around an 1850s chateau. (R)
11.00 The Great House Giveaway
Maintenance manager Aeron and
beautician Rachael purchase a
property in Manchester. (R)
12.00 Channel 4 News Summary
12.05 Couples Come Dine with Me
Englishman Andrew and his
Sweden-born wife Sophia kick off
the competition. (R)
1.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It Simon
O’Brien falls in love with an old
ship’s carpenter’s chest. (R)
2.10 Countdown Word game.
3.00 A Place in the Sun Danni
Menzies helps a County Durham
couple find a home in Kefalonia. (R)
4.00 A New Life in the Sun
A couple from Hull open a B&B
in a French national park. (R)
5.00 Four in a Bed The week’s
first visit is to Carly Cornwall’s
Juniperlea Inn in Midlothian.
5.30 The Simpsons Double bill. Mr
Burns hires a new employee, who
takes an instant dislike to Homer;
Chief Wiggum attempts to make his
name as a private investigator. (R)
6.30 Hollyoaks It’s the dance
school’s grand opening. (R)
JaMie: Keep
CooKing FaMily
FaVoUrites:
Jamie oliver
prepares more
simple recipes,
8.30pm
6.00 Milkshake! Children’s shows.
9.15 Jeremy Vine Discussion.
11.15 George Clarke’s Build a
New Life in the Country An
update on a project in Cornwall
that led to a couple’s divorce. (R)
12.15 5 News at Lunchtime
12.20 Our B&B Dream Lisa
Holloway visits a home in Darwen,
Lancashire with B&B potential. (R)
1.15 Home and Away See 6.00pm.
1.45 Neighbours See 5.30pm.
2.15 FILM Murder-in-Law
(2019/12) A woman is not happy
when her daughter-in-law wins a
promotion that means moving her
beloved son and granddaughter to
New York. Thriller, starring Kristen
Dalton and Angie DeGrazia. ★★★
4.00 Casualty 24/7: Every
Second Counts Paediatric sister
Jemma Wray treats two critically
ill children, and nurse Will Gibbons
looks after a patient who has been
in a motorbike accident. (R)
5.00 5 News at 5 Headlines.
5.30 Neighbours Brent’s attitude
has changed, to David and Aaron’s
surprise, and Harlow finds him a lot
more attractive as well. Elsewhere,
Nicolette tries to clear her name. (R)
6.00 Home and Away Lewis
wonders if his suspicions and
thoughts about Christian have
caused more harm than good. (R)
6.30 5 News Tonight Headlines.
hoMe anD
aWay: lewis (luke
arnold) begins to
wonder if he has
caused more harm
than good,
6pm

7PM
7.00 The One Show Alex Jones
and Jermaine Jenas present.
7.30 Undercover: Inside
the Covid Testing Lab –
Panorama An undercover
7.00 Mary Berry Everyday
7.30 Mastermind Specialist
investigation inside a lab
analysing thousands of
Covid-19 tests a day.
Mary shares ideas on how to
make family meals special. (R)
subjects include Otto von
7.00 Emmerdale A 999 call
7.30 Coronation Street
Bismarck, the history
of hand-knitting, and
Robert Louis Stevenson.
is heard, and Liv pieces
everything together.
Todd tells Billy he will stay in
7.00 Channel 4 News The
Weatherfield if they can be
together. Simon tells Nick that
Leanne has a new bloke.
latest headlines, in-depth
interviews and analysis of
topical political developments
and current affairs. Plus, a look
7.00 Premiership Rugby
Highlights Action from the
15th round of fixtures, including
Gloucester v Exeter Chiefs,
Bristol Bears v Harlequins,
at the day’s leading sports London Irish v Bath, Worcester
stories as well as up-to-the- and Warriors v Northampton
minute weather reports. Saints; 5 News Update.

8
8.00 EastEnders Gray tries to
make amends with Whitney
by inviting her to a work gala.
8.25 Fawlty Towers Prudish
PM Basil resorts to increasingly
desperate measures to prevent
an unmarried couple lowering
moral standards. (R)
8.00 Only Connect Two teams
battle for the title to succeed
the 007s as champions.
8.30 University Challenge
The second and concluding
semi-final sees two teams
of four students battling it
out to make it to the final.
8.00 Johnny Briggs:
Coronation Street Legend
A tribute to the actor who spent
30 years playing businessman
and Lothario Mike Baldwin.
8.30 Coronation Street
Summer is heartbroken to hear
that Todd might be leaving.
8.00 The Black Maternity
Scandal: Dispatches
Investigating the high rates
of black women dying during
pregnancy and childbirth.
8.30 Jamie: Keep Cooking
Family Favourites A one-
pan chicken and pepper curry.
8.00 Traffic Cops A scooter is
driven the wrong way down a
dual carriageway into oncoming
traffic, while a chase nearly
ends in serious injury for an
officer when he is almost
dragged along by a car in a
car park; 5 News Update.

9
9.00 MasterChef After four
weeks of competition, the
cooks have been whittled down
to just 10, with Anna Haugh
PM
assessing the efforts of the first
five returning contestants who
must prepare a dish they would
want on their restaurant’s menu.
9.00 Finding Jack Charlton
Gabriel Clarke presents a profile
of the World Cup-winning
footballer, looking at his special
relationship with Ireland, his
complicated relationship
with brother Bobby, and his
final battle with dementia.
9.00 Unforgotten Despite a 9.00 24 Hours in Police 9.00 Aldi’s Easter Secrets
tragic turn of events, Sunny and Custody The documentary A look at the supermarket
the team narrow down the follows as police investigate giant’s preparation for the
suspects. Will they find an apparently unprovoked season, revealing how two
conclusive proof of who the shooting that has left a man of its most popular Easter
murder weapon belonged to fighting for his life, and products are made, observing
and succeed in bringing Walsh’s encounter a woman who reports how their award-winning
killer to justice? Last in series. being threatened by the suspect. hot-cross buns are produced.

10
10.00 BBC News at Ten
10.30 BBC Local News
10.45 NEW Meet the Khans:
Big in Bolton Double bill.
PM
Documentary following the lives
of boxer Amir Khan and wife
Faryal Makhdoom; Faryal
seeks therapy to address
their relationship issues and
10.40 Afoot Again in the 10.00 ITV News at Ten 10.00 The Circle Popularity 10.00 Casualty 24/7: Every
Past – Jack Charlton 10.35 Local News; Weather contest in which individuals Second Counts A 74-year-old
The World Cup-winning 10.45 Kate Garraway: Finding from all walks of life compete with breathing difficulties is
footballer and former Derek In this intimate film, to win a cash prize. They will rushed into Barnsley Hospital,
Republic of Ireland manager
cameras follow Kate Garraway all live in one modern block, and registrar Dr Nick Mani
visits Warkworth Castle in and her family as they cope but separately in individual considers placing the patient
Northumberland. (R) with her husband Derek’s apartments, interacting with in a medically-induced coma
10.45 Newsnight; Weather hospitalisation with Covid-19. (R) one another through ‘The Circle’. to stabilise him. (R)
Analysis of the day’s national

11 past cheating allegations.
11.45 Top Gear Freddie Flintoff,
Paddy McGuinness and Chris
PM Harris head on an icy expedition
across the wild Scottish
Highlands in the new Land
Rover Defender, Mercedes
G-Wagen and Ariel Nomad. (R)
and international events, 11.45 London Zoo: 11.05 24 Hours in A&E Steve, 11.05 999: Critical Condition
presented by Emily Maitlis. An Extraordinary Year 52, is rushed to St George’s Helen has an aneurysm in her
11.30 Match of Their Day Part two of two. The northern after hitting his head on a brain that could burst at any
Garth Crooks talks to World white-cheeked gibbon concrete step, 21-year-old time and lead to her death. For
Cup-winning defender wonders when the visitors will Fleur is assessed after she doctor Sanjeev Nayak, there
Jack Charlton about his be back to see him, while the woke up with swelling in her are no second chances as he
playing career with Leeds keepers use the quiet time to leg, and Muffy, 72, is brought embarks on an extraordinary
United and England. (R) build a camel’s confidence. (R) in after a possible stroke. (R) operation to save his patient. (R)

12
12.45am The Graham Norton
Show The host is joined by actors
Liam Neeson, Micheal Richardson,
midnight Tahar Rahim and Cush Jumbo.
Comedian and actor Rob
Brydon and businesswoman
Deborah Meaden also guest. (R)
1.35 Weather for the Week
Ahead 1.40-6.00am BBC News
(r) REPEAT
12.10am  FILM  The Damned
United (2009/15) Fact-based
drama, starring Michael Sheen
and Timothy Spall. ★★★★
1.40 Sign Zone: Countryfile. Ellie
Harrison celebrates the arrival
of Spring. (R) 2.40 For Love or
Money (R) 3.25 My Unique B&B
(R) 3.55-6.30am This Is BBC Two
12.35am All Elite Wrestling:
Dynamite. Hard-hitting action
from the world of All Elite
Wrestling, featuring all of the
biggest stars on the roster. 1.25
Teleshopping 3.00 FYI Extra 3.15
Lingo. Quiz, hosted by Adil Ray.
(R) 4.05 ITV Nightscreen 5.05-
6.00am Tipping Point. Quiz. (R)
12.10am Ramsay’s Kitchen
Nightmares USA (R) 1.00
Couples Come Dine with Me (R)
1.55 Wife Swap USA (R) 2.40 The
Supervet: Noel Fitzpatrick (R)
3.35 George Clarke’s Amazing
Spaces (R) 4.30 Fifteen to One (R)
5.25 Coach Trip: Road to Ibiza (R)
5.50-6.30am Countdown (R)
12.05am Extraordinary Medical
Mysteries (R) 1.00 The 21.co.uk
Live Casino Show 3.00
Entertainment News on 5
3.10 Friends (R) 3.55 The Hotel
Inspector. The owner of a hotel in
Folkestone is given advice. (R)
4.45 Britain’s Biggest Mosque (R)
5.35-6.00am House Doctor (R)
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Dave RADIO 1 Radio Choice CLASSIC FM

6.00 Teleshopping
7.10 Hurricane Man Documentary.
8.00 American Pickers Collectibles.
9.00 Celebrity Storage Hunters
10.00 American Pickers Double bill.
12.00 Celebrity Storage Hunters
1.00 Top Gear Double bill.
3.00 Rick Stein: From Venice
to Istanbul The chef crosses
the Adriatic Sea to Croatia.
4.00 Top Gear Double bill.
6.00 Taskmaster Gameshow.
7.00 Would I Lie to You?
7.40 Room 101 Double bill.
9.00 QI XL With Hannah Gadsby,
Noel Fielding and Joe Lycett.
10.00 Taskmaster Lolly Adefope
tries long distance painting.
11.00 Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
Rob Rinder reveals how he once
caused a scene in the courtroom.
12.00 Mock the Week 12.40
Would I Lie to You? 1.20 QI XL
2.30 Hurricane Man 3.20 Mock
the Week 4.00-6.00 Teleshopping
Drama
6.00 Teleshopping
7.15 Monarch of the Glen
8.25 The Bill Police drama.
9.30 Classic Holby City Drama.
FM: 97.6-99.8 MHz
5.00 Arielle Free. 7.00 The Radio 1 Breakfast
Show. 10.32 Clara Amfo. 12.45 Newsbeat. 1.00
Scott Mills. 3.32 Nick Grimshaw. 5.45 Newsbeat.
6.00 Annie Mac. 8.00 Rickie, Melvin and
Charlie. 10.00 Radio 1’s Future Artists with Jack
Saunders. 12.00 Radio 1’s Drum & Bass. 2.00
Radio 1’s Decompression Session. 3.00 Radio 1’s
Workout Anthems. 4.00-5.00 Radio 1 Dance.
RADIO 2
FM: 88-90.2 MHz
6.30 Dermot O’Leary. 9.30 Ken Bruce. 12.00
Jeremy Vine. 2.00 Steve Wright. 5.00 Sara Cox.
6.30 Sara Cox’s Half Wower. 7.00 Shiny Happy
Playlist. 7.30 Will Young. 9.00 The Blues Show.
10.00 Trevor Nelson. 12.00 OJ Borg. 3.00
Pick of the Pops. 4.00-6.30 Vanessa Feltz.
RADIO 3
FM: 90.2-92.4 MHz
6.30 Breakfast. 9.00 Essential Classics. 12.00
Composer of the Week: Brahms. 1.00 Radio 3
Lunchtime Concert. 2.00 Afternoon Concert.
4.30 Early Music Now. 5.00 In Tune. 7.00 In Tune
Mixtape. 7.30 Radio 3 in Concert. 10.00 Music
Matters. 10.45 The Essay: Blood and Bronze.
11.00 Night Tracks. 12.30-6.30 Through the Night.
RADIO 4
FM: 92.4-94.6 MHz LW: 198 kHz
5.30 News Briefing. 5.43 Prayer. 5.45 Farming
Today. 5.58 Tweet. 6.00 Today. 9.00 Start the
Book at Bedtime: Deborah
Frances-White Introduces
Monday-Friday, Radio 4,
10.45pm
Throughout this week,
performance artist Travis
Alabanza, writer and activist
Scarlett Curtis, author and
broadcaster Steve Ali and
9.06 The Documentary. 9.30
CrowdScience. 10.00 News. 10.06 The
Cultural Frontline. 10.30 Trending.
10.50 More or Less. 11.00 The
Newsroom. 11.30 The Conversation.
12.00 News. 12.06 Outlook. 12.50
Witness History. 1.00 The Newsroom.
1.30 CrowdScience. 2.00 Newshour.
3.00 News. 3.06 HARDtalk. 3.30 World
Business Report. 4.00 BBC OS. 6.00
News. 6.06 Outlook. 6.50 Witness
OK! ROYAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION
comedian and actress Jessica
Fostekew join comedian and
podcaster Deborah Frances-
White to tell stories on the topic
‘The Devil You Know’.
The series starts with Deborah’s
own piece in which a woman
throws off the life she knows
to have a wild adventure.
History. 7.00 The Newsroom. 7.30
Sport Today. 8.00 News. 8.06 The
Documentary. 8.30 Discovery. 9.00
Newshour. 10.06 HARDtalk. 10.30 The
Conversation. 11.00 The Newsroom.
11.20 Sports News. 11.30 World
Business Report. 12.00 News. 12.06
The History Hour. 1.00 News. 1.06
Business Matters. 2.00 The Newsroom.
2.30 The Documentary. 3.00 News.
3.06 Outlook. 3.50 Witness History.
FM: 100-102 MHz
6.00 More Music Breakfast. 9.00 Bill
Turnbull. 12.00 Anne-Marie Minhall.
4.00 John Brunning. 7.00 Smooth
Classics. 8.00 The Classic FM Concert
with John Suchet. 10.00 Smooth
Classics. 1.00-6.00 Bill Overton.
ABSOLUTE RADIO
MW: 1215, 1197, 1242 kHz
6.00 Dave Berry. 10.00 Leona
Graham. 1.00 Ben Burrell. 4.00 Bush.
7.00 Danielle Perry. 10.00 Jay
Lawrence. 1.00-6.00 Chris Martin.
RADIO WALES
MW: 882, 657 kHz FM: 93.9-95.9,
103.7-103.9 MHz
5.30 Radio Wales Arts Show. 6.00
Breakfast. 8.30 Steffan Powell. 11.00
Wynne Evans. 2.00 Behnaz Akhgar.
5.00 Gareth Lewis. 6.30 Welcome
Strangers. 7.00 Janice Long. 10.00 The
Late Show. 12.30-5.30 As Radio 5 Live.

10.55 Classic Casualty Drama.
12.00 The Bill Police drama.
1.00 Classic EastEnders
2.20 Soldier, Soldier Military drama.
3.20 All Creatures Great and
Small Veterinarian drama.
CELEBRATING
Week. 9.45 (LW) Daily Service. 9.45 (FM) Book of
the Week: Lev’s Violin. 10.00 Woman’s Hour. 11.00
Birth of Bangladesh. 11.30 How to Vaccinate the
World. 12.00 News. 12.03 Shipping. 12.06 The
New Adventures of Baron Munchausen. 12.20

4.20 Lovejoy Light-hearted drama.
5.25 Fresh Fields Hester decides
to spice up her marriage.
6.00 Are You Being Served?
6.40 Last of the Summer Wine
8.00 Inspector George Gently The
detective investigates when a gang
raids a bank on Christmas Eve.
10.00 New Tricks The team
reinvestigates the mysterious 1956
disappearance of a police officer.
11.20 Silent Witness Leo, Nikki and
Jack take on a case in Afghanistan.
1.40 The Bill 2.35 The Heart Guy.
Drama. 4.00-6.00 Teleshopping
Gold
7.05 Citizen Khan Comedy.
7.45 My Hero Superhero sitcom.
8.20 Hi-de-Hi! Holiday camp sitcom.
9.00 Porridge Prison comedy.
9.40 Last of the Summer Wine
11.00 The Good Life Comedy.
12.20 Keeping Up Appearances
1.00 Hi-de-Hi! Holiday camp sitcom.
1.40 Porridge Prison comedy.
2.20 The Good Life Comedy.
3.00 Keeping Up Appearances
3.40 The Good Life Comedy.
4.20 Last of the Summer Wine
5.40 Hi-de-Hi! Holiday camp sitcom.
6.25 The Good Life Comedy.
7.00 Porridge Prison comedy.
7.40 Dad’s Army Wartime comedy.
9.00 Mrs Brown’s Boys Comedy.
9.40 Absolutely Fabulous Sitcom.
10.20 French and Saunders Skits.
11.00 The Royle Family Comedy.
11.40 Mrs Brown’s Boys Comedy.
12.20 Absolutely Fabulous
1.00 As 10.20pm 1.40 The Royle
Family 2.25-2.55 You, Me & Them
Yesterday
6.00 Impossible Engineering
8.00 Murder Maps The crimes of
Scottish serial killer Peter Manuel.
9.00 Secrets of the Solar System
11.00 Great British Railway
Journeys Four episodes.
1.00 The Architecture The
Railways Built With Tim Dunn.
2.00 Abandoned Engineering
4.00 Hitler’s Propaganda
Machine The use of propaganda.
5.00 The World at War
6.00 Great British Railway
Journeys Four episodes.
8.00 Living With Hitler This
episode looks at the racially
unified People’s Community.
9.00 War Factories Henry Ford’s
plan to build a factory in Michigan.
10.00 The World at War The
bombing of Britain’s main cities.
11.00 Open All Hours Triple bill.
1.00 The Railway: First Great
Western Documentary double
bill. 3.00-6.00 Teleshopping
10 YEARS
You and Yours. 12.57 Weather. 1.00 The World at
One. 1.45 All Fair in War: A History of Military
Deception. 2.00 Drama: Yellow Lips. 2.45 The
Why Factor. 3.00 Round Britain Quiz. 3.30 The
Food Programme. 4.00 Shock Waves. 4.30 The
Digital Human. 5.00 PM. 5.54 (LW) Shipping. 5.57
Weather. 6.00 News. 6.30 Just a Minute. 7.00 The
Archers. 7.15 Front Row. 7.45 The Whisperer in
Darkness. 8.00 Out of the Ordinary. 8.30 Analysis.
9.00 The Real Internet Giants. 9.30 Start the
Week. 9.59 Weather. 10.00 The World Tonight.
10.45 Book at Bedtime: Deborah Frances-White
Introduces. 11.00 Loose Ends. 11.30 The
Battersea Poltergeist. 12.00 News. 12.30 Book
of the Week: Lev’s Violin. 12.48 Shipping.
1.00 As BBC World Service. 5.20-5.30 Shipping.
RADIO 5 LIVE
MW: 909, 693 kHz
5.00 Wake Up to Money. 6.00 5 Live Breakfast.
9.00 Your Call. 10.00 Naga Munchetty. 1.00 Nihal
Arthanayake. 4.00 5 Live Drive. 7.00 5 Live
Sport: The Monday Night Club. 9.00 5 Live Sport:
The Tuffers and Vaughan Cricket Show. 10.30
Coronavirus Call-In. 1.00-5.00 Dotun Adebayo.
talkSPORT
MW: 1053, 1089, 1071, 1107 kHz
5.00 Early Breakfast. 6.00 talkSPORT Breakfast.
10.00 Jim White and Simon Jordan. 1.00
Hawksbee and Jacobs. 4.00 Drive with Adrian
Durham & Darren Gough. 7.00 The PressBox.
10.00 Sports Bar. 1.00-5.00 Extra Time.
BBC WORLD SERVICE
on digital only
5.00 Newsday. 8.00 News. 8.06 HARDtalk. 8.30
Business Daily. 8.50 Witness History. 9.00 News.
Variations
ITV Variations ITV WALES: 6.00-6.30 ITV News
Wales at Six 8.00-8.30 A Year in the Life of the
Beacons: Summer arrives and the mountain
rescue team are inundated with call-outs.
S4C 6.00 Cyw 12.00 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd
12.05 Codi Hwyl America 12.30 Heno 1.00 Y
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S4C a’r Tywydd: News and weather. 8.00 Pobol y
Cwm: Dani’s unexplained absence worries Britt.
8.25 Sgwrs Dan y Lloer: As evening falls over
Ceredigion Bay, Elin Fflur settles in the garden of
one Radio Cymru’s much-loved radio personality
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FILMS TODAY’S CHOICE Times quoted are GMT.

SKY CINEMA PREMIERE Sky 301
6.00am Dreambuilders (2020) (U) Animation, with the
voice of Martin Buch. 7.40 Endless (2020) (12) Drama,
starring Alexandra Shipp. 9.30 The Warrior Queen of
Jhansi (2019) (15) Adventure, starring Devika Bhise.
11.25 The Racer (2020) (15) Premiere. Sporting comedy
drama, starring Louis Talpe. 1.10pm Must See Movies
2021 2.10 The Lost Husband (2020) (PG) Romantic
drama, starring Leslie Bibb and Josh Duhamel. 4.10 The
Furnace (2020) (15) Adventure, starring David Wenham.
6.10 Six Minutes to Midnight (2020) (12) Thriller,
starring Eddie Izzard. 8.10 Save Yourselves! (2020) (15)
Sci-fi comedy, starring Sunita Mani. 10.00 The Racer
(2020) (15) Premiere. Sporting comedy drama following a
Tour de France rider who, after being dropped from his
team, is reinstated following a doping error. Starring Louis
Talpe and Matteo Simoni. 11.45 Creation Stories (2021)
(15) Biopic of Creation Records co-founder Alan McGee,
starring Ewen Bremner. 1.50am The Tax Collector
(2020) (18) Crime drama, starring Bobby Soto. 3.30 The
Furnace (2020) (15) Adventure, starring David Wenham
and Ahmed Malek. 5.30 Rocketman: Special
SKY CINEMA COMEDY Sky 308
6.50am Clue (1985) (PG) Starring Tim Curry. 8.35 Blithe
Spirit (2020) (12) Starring Isla Fisher. 10.25 The Longest
Yard (2005) (12) Starring Adam Sandler. 12.30pm Good
Boys (2019) (15) Starring Jacob Tremblay. 2.15 The
Dead Don’t Die (2019) (15) With Bill Murray. 4.15 Faith
Based (2020) (15) With Luke Barnett. 6.05 Blithe Spirit
(2020) (12) With Isla Fisher. 8.00 Good Boys (2019) (15)
Starring Jacob Tremblay and Keith L Williams. 9.45 The
Longest Yard (2005) (12) With Adam Sandler. 11.45 The
Dead Don’t Die (2019) (15) With Bill Murray and Adam
Driver. 1.35am Standing Up, Falling Down (2019) (15)
With Billy Crystal. 3.10 Faith Based (2020) (15) With
Luke Barnett. 4.50 Clue (1985) (PG) Starring Tim Curry.
SKY CINEMA ACTION Sky 307
6.00am Beyond the Law (2019) (15) Starring DMX. 7.45
Final Score (2018) (15) With Dave Bautista. 9.45 Looper
(2012) (15) Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. 11.55 Primal
(2019) (15) Starring Nicolas Cage. 1.45pm The Battle of
Jangsari (2019) (15) With Megan Fox. 3.35 Never Grow
Old (2019) (15) Starring Emile Hirsch. 5.20 Looper
(2012) (15) With Joseph Gordon-Levitt. 7.20 Zombieland:
TooTsie ★★★★★
Sky Cinema Greats, 3.55pm
Hilarious comedy from director sydney Pollack, who
also has a supporting role as the long-suffering agent
of talented but difficult actor Michael Dorsey.
Dustin Hoffman is superb as the thespian who,
thanks to his poor reputation, can’t get a job – until he
disguises himself as a woman. He lands a starring part
in a daytime soap and becomes an icon, but matters
get complicated when he falls for a female co-star.
Jessica Lange (who won an oscar as the love
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Sarah Morgan
Double Tap (2019) (15) With Woody Harrelson. 9.00 The
Enforcer (1976) (18) With Clint Eastwood. 10.40 Final
Score (2018) (15) With Dave Bautista. 12.25am Primal
(2019) (15) Starring Nicolas Cage. 2.05 The Battle of
Jangsari (2019) (15) With Megan Fox. 3.55 Beyond the
Law (2019) (15) With DMX. 5.30 Sky Cinema Preview
SKY CINEMA FAMILY Sky 306
6.00am The Adventure Of A.R.I.: My Robot Friend
(2020) (PG) Adventure, starring Jude Manley. 7.45 Furry
Vengeance (2010) (PG) Family comedy, starring Brendan
Fraser. 9.30 Dolittle (2020) (PG) Fantasy adventure,
starring Robert Downey Jr. 11.20 Proximity (2020) (PG)
Sci-fi drama, starring Ryan Masson. 1.25pm Maleficent:
Mistress of Evil (2019) (PG) Fantasy adventure sequel,
starring Angelina Jolie. 3.25 National Treasure (2004)
(PG) Action adventure, starring Nicolas Cage. 5.40 Furry
Vengeance (2010) (PG) Family comedy, starring Brendan
Fraser. 7.15 Dolittle (2020) (PG) Fantasy adventure,
starring Robert Downey Jr. 9.00 Maleficent: Mistress of
Evil (2019) (PG) Fantasy adventure sequel, starring
Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning. 11.05 The Adventure Of
A.R.I.: My Robot Friend (2020) (PG) Adventure, starring
Jude Manley. 12.45am National Treasure (2004) (PG)
Action adventure, starring Nicolas Cage. 3.05 Proximity
(2020) (PG) Sci-fi drama, starring Ryan Masson. 5.15 The
Adventure Of A.R.I.: My Robot Friend (2020) (PG)
Adventure, starring Jude Manley and Sophia Alongi.
SKY CINEMA DRAMA Sky 310
6.40am Through the Fire (2018) (15) With Pierre Niney.
8.40 Her Smell (2018) (15) With Elisabeth Moss. 11.00
Emma (2020) (U) Starring Anya Taylor-Joy. 1.10pm
About Time (2013) (12) Starring Domhnall Gleeson.
3.20 Good Posture (2019) (15) With Grace Van Patten.
5.00 Through the Fire (2018) (15) With Pierre Niney.
7.00 Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) (12) With Cate
Blanchett and Clive Owen. 9.00 Emma (2020) (U) With
Anya Taylor-Joy and Johnny Flynn. 11.10 About Time
(2013) (12) Starring Domhnall Gleeson. 1.25am Her
Smell (2018) (15) With Elisabeth Moss. 3.55 Elizabeth:
The Golden Age (2007) (12) Starring Cate Blanchett.
SKY CINEMA GREATS Sky 304
7.05am Back to the Future Part III (1990) (PG) Sci-fi
comedy sequel, starring Michael J Fox. 9.05 There Will
Be Blood (2007) (15) Historical drama, starring Daniel
Day-Lewis. 11.45 The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) (U)
Western, starring John Wayne. 1.50pm The Social
Network (2010) (12) Fact-based drama, starring Jesse
Eisenberg. 3.55 Tootsie (1982) (15) Comedy, starring
Dustin Hoffman and Jessica Lange. 5.55 The Social
Network (2010) (12) Fact-based drama, starring Jesse
Eisenberg. 8.00 The Negotiator (1998) (15) A hostage
negotiator is framed for murder, so he takes captives of his
own to ensure his pleas of innocence are heard. Thriller,
with Samuel L Jackson and Kevin Spacey. 10.30 There
Will Be Blood (2007) (15) Historical drama, starring
Daniel Day-Lewis. 1.10am The Birds (1963) (15) Alfred
Hitchcock’s thriller, starring Tippi Hedren. 3.15 The Sons
of Katie Elder (1965) (U) Western, starring John Wayne.
5.20 Tootsie (1982) (15) Comedy, with Dustin Hoffman.
TCM MOVIES Sky 315
6.00am The Gun Hawk (1963) (U) Western, starring
Rory Calhoun. 7.55 Air Force (1943) (PG) Second World
War drama, starring John Garfield. 10.35 Thirty Seconds
Over Tokyo (1944) (PG) Second World War drama,
starring Van Johnson. 1.30pm Chisum (1970) (PG)
Western, starring John Wayne. 3.50 Memphis Belle
(1990) (PG) Second World War drama, starring Matthew
Modine. 6.05 Gun Battle at Monterey (1957) (U)
Western, starring Sterling Hayden. 7.40 The Omaha Trail
(1942) (U) Western, starring James Craig and Pamela
Blake. 9.00 Contagion (2011) (12) Thriller, starring Matt
Damon and Kate Winslet. 11.15 Blade (1998) (18) Action
thriller, with Wesley Snipes. 1.45am Task Force (1949)
(U) Wartime adventure, starring Gary Cooper. 4.10 Off Set
4.30 Close Up 5.00 Hollywood’s Best Film Directors
FILM4 Freeview 14 - Sky 313
11.00am The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) (PG)
Swashbuckling adventure, starring Richard Chamberlain.
1.10pm Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017)
(U) Comedy sequel, starring Jason Drucker. 3.00
Ferdinand (2017) (U) Animated comedy, with the voices
of John Cena and Kate McKinnon. 5.05 The Spiderwick
Chronicles (2008) (PG) Fantasy adventure, starring
Freddie Highmore. 6.55 Evolution (2001) (PG) Sci-fi
comedy, starring David Duchovny. 9.00 The Hitman’s
Bodyguard (2017) (15) Comedy action thriller, starring
Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L Jackson. 11.20 Hunt
for the Wilderpeople (2016) (12) Comedy adventure,
starring Sam Neill and Julian Dennison. 1.25am
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) (12)
Sporting comedy, starring Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn.

ENTERTAINMENT
ITV2 Freeview 6 - Sky 118
7.00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8.00
Emmerdale 8.30 Coronation Street 9.30
Supermarket Sweep 10.30 Love Bites 11.30
Dress to Impress 12.30pm Emmerdale 1.00
Coronation Street 2.00 The Ellen DeGeneres
Show 2.55 Love Bites 3.55 The Masked
Singer US 4.50 Take Me Out 6.00 Celebrity
Catchphrase 7.00 You’ve Been Framed!
Gold 9.00 Love Island Australia: The Final
10.05 The Stand Up Sketch Show 10.35
Family Guy 11.30 American Dad! 12.30am
The Cleveland Show 1.25 Don’t Hate the
Playaz 2.05 CelebAbility 2.50 FYI Extra
3.05 Nightscreen 3.30 Teleshopping
ITV3 Freeview 10 - Sky 119
6.00am Classic Coronation Street 7.00
Classic Emmerdale 8.00 Heartbeat 9.00
Bless This House 9.30 On the Buses 10.35
Agatha Christie’s Marple 12.40pm Heartbeat
1.45 Classic Emmerdale 2.50 Classic
Coronation Street 3.50 Inspector Morse
6.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 8.00 Agatha
Christie’s Poirot 10.00 Law & Order: UK
11.05 Scott & Bailey 12.05am Inspector
Morse 2.15 Nightscreen 2.30 Teleshopping
ITV4 Freeview 25 - Sky 120
6.00am World of Sport 6.15 Only When I
Laugh 6.40 The Saint 7.30 The Sweeney
8.25 The Professionals 9.25 Minder 10.30
Made in Britain 11.35 Robin of Sherwood
12.40pm The Saint 1.40 Dempsey and
Makepeace 3.45 The Professionals 4.50
Minder 5.55 The Sweeney 7.00 The Chase
Celebrity Special 8.00 Moto GP Highlights
9.00 Film: Police Academy (1984) (15) 11.05
Film: Rush Hour (1998) (12) 1.10am Minder
2.05 The Saint 3.00 Teleshopping
5STAR Freeview 31 - Sky 128
8.00am Entertainment News on 5 8.10 Rich
Kids, Skint Holiday 9.00 Filthy House SOS
10.00 Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords Noon
Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away! 1.00 Police
Interceptors: Dog Squad Special 2.00 Police
Interceptors 4.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It
Away! 6.00 Neighbours 6.30 Home and
Away 7.00 Rich House, Poor House 8.00
Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly 9.00 Diana: The
Interview That Shocked the World 10.35
Fergie & Andrew: The Duke & Duchess of
Disaster 12.05am Adults Only: Threesomes
Are More Fun 1.05 A&E After Dark 2.05
Ambulance: Code Red 3.10 Neighbours
3.35 Home and Away 4.00 Teleshopping
5USA Freeview 21 - Sky 141
9.00am Entertainment News on 5 9.10 Bull
10.05 NCIS Noon Law & Order 6.05 NCIS
10.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent 11.55
CSI: NY 1.55am Grimm 3.35 Criminals:
Caught on Camera 4.00 Teleshopping
SKY ONE Sky 106
6.00am Futurama 7.00 Animal House 8.00
Stargate SG-1 9.00 Brit Cops: Law &
Disorder 10.00 Air Ambulance ER 11.00
NCIS: Los Angeles 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0
3.00 MacGyver 4.00 Modern Family 5.00
The Simpsons 5.30 Futurama 6.30 The
Simpsons 8.00 Keeping Up with the
Kardashians 9.00 Film: The Da Vinci Code
(2006) (12) Thriller, starring Tom Hanks and
Audrey Tautou 11.45 The Flight Attendant
12.45am Dating No Filter 1.15 The Blacklist
2.10 Road Wars 3.05 Hawaii Five-0
4.00 Stargate SG-1 5.00 MacGyver
E4 Freeview 13 - Sky 135
6.00am Hollyoaks 7.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen
Nightmares USA 8.00 Black-ish 9.00 Baby
Daddy 10.00 The Big Bang Theory 11.00 The
Goldbergs Noon Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1.00
The Big Bang Theory 2.30 The Goldbergs
3.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4.30 Married at
First Sight Australia 6.00 The Big Bang
Theory 7.00 Hollyoaks 7.30 Below Deck
Mediterranean 8.30 The Big Bang Theory
9.00 Made in Chelsea 10.00 Teen First Dates
11.05 Pete & Sam’s Reality News 11.25 The
Big Bang Theory 12.20am Gogglebox
1.25 Taskmaster 2.20 Made in Chelsea
3.15 Teen First Dates 4.05 Schitt’s Creek
4.30 The Big Bang Theory 4.55 Black-ish
MORE4 Freeview 18 - Sky 136
8.55am Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures 9.15
A Place in the Sun 10.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog
It 12.05pm Heir Hunters 1.10 Building the
Dream 2.15 Four in a Bed 4.55 Find It, Fix It,
Flog It 5.55 The Secret Life of the Zoo 6.55
Escape to the Chateau 7.55 Grand Designs
9.00 Guy Martin’s Spitfire. A project to
rebuild a Spitfire 10.40 8 Out of 10 Cats
Does Countdown 11.45 Father Ted 12.15am
24 Hours in A&E 1.20 8 Out of 10 Cats Does
Countdown 2.25 Guy Martin’s Spitfire
SKY WITNESS Sky 107
6.00am Nothing to Declare 8.00 Border
Patrol 9.00 Paramedics 10.00 Law & Order
SPORT
SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT Sky 401
6.00am Sky Sports News 7.00 Good Morning
Sports Fans 7.30 Early Kick-Off 8.00 Good
Morning Sports Fans 10.00 The Football Show
Noon Live: Good Morning Football 3.00 Sky
Sports News 5.00 Live Netball Superleague.
Saracens Mavericks v Severn Stars. 6.45 Live
Netball Superleague. London Pulse v Leeds
Rhinos. 8.45 My Icon: Henni Goya 9.00 Sky
Sports News 12.30am Live NBA: New
Orleans @ Boston. 3.00 Sky Sports News
SKY SPORTS PREMIER LEAGUE Sky 402
6.00am PL Greatest Games 7.00 PL
Legends: David Ginola 7.30 PL Legends:
Juninho 8.00 Best PL Goals: Chelsea v Man
Utd 8.30 Best PL Goals: Man Utd v
Newcastle 9.00 Premier League 100 Club
10.00 The Football Show Noon Gary
Neville’s Soccerbox 1.00 Premier League
Years 3.00 Best PL Goals 00/01 4.00 PL
Greatest Games 5.00 Premier League 100
Club 6.00 PL Legends: Tony Adams 6.30
Soccer AM: The Best Bits 7.00 Premier
League Icons 8.00 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox
8.30 Soccer AM: The Best Bits 9.00 Best PL
Goals 02/03 10.00 Premier League Icons
10.30 PL Retro 12.30am Premier League
Icons 1.00 Premier League Years 3.00 PL
Greatest Games 4.00 Best PL Goals 04/05
5.00 Best PL Goals: Liverpool v Man Utd
5.30 Premier League 100 Club
11.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Noon
Criminal Minds 1.00 Blue Bloods 3.00 The
Real A&E 4.00 Paramedics 5.00 Nothing to
Declare 8.00 Ghost Whisperer 9.00 Blue
Bloods 10.00 Coroner 11.00 Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit Midnight Criminal
Minds 1.00 The Good Doctor 2.00 FBI 3.00
Station 19 5.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder
CBS JUSTICE Freeview 40 - Sky 148
9.00am Diagnosis Murder 11.00 The
Fugitive Noon Perry Mason 1.05 Walker,
Texas Ranger 2.05 CSI: Miami 3.00 NCIS
4.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 5.00 The Fugitive
6.00 Perry Mason 7.05 NCIS 8.00 Walker,
Texas Ranger 9.00 CSI: Cyber 10.00 NCIS:
Los Angeles 11.00 NCIS Midnight CSI:
Miami 1.00 CSI: Cyber 2.00 NCIS
2.55 Walker, Texas Ranger 3.50 The
Fugitive 4.40 JAG 5.30 Karma’s a B****
CBS REALITY Freeview 66 - Sky 146
9.00am Judge Judy 7.00pm Medical
Detectives: double bill 8.00 48 Hours 9.00
Murder By the Sea 10.00 Murderers and
Their Mothers 11.00 Killer Clergy Midnight
Medical Detectives 1.00 Murder By the Sea
2.00 Murderers and Their Mothers 3.00
Death Row Stories 3.45 Unsolved Mysteries
5.10 Celebrity Damage Control
BBC FOUR Freeview 9 - Sky 116
7.00pm The Lakes with Paul Rose 7.30 The
Joy of Painting 8.00 Fake or Fortune? 9.00
Collective: Unravelling a Scandal – Storyville
Documentary about a fraud scandal in
Romania’s healthcare system 10.45 Art of
France 11.45 The Mystery of Murder:
SKY SPORTS CRICKET Sky 404
6.00am How the 2011 ICC Cricket World
Cup Was Won 8.00 One-Day International
Cricket 9.00 International T20 Cricket
6.45pm Best of T20 Blast Finals Day 7.00
Cricket in Mumbai 8.00 International T20
Cricket Bitesize Highlights 8.30 Talking
Cricket: Sachin Tendulkar 9.00 One-Day
International Cricket 10.00 International T20
Cricket Bitesize Highlights. India v England.
10.30 Talking Cricket: Sachin Tendulkar
11.00 One-Day International Cricket. India v
England. Midnight Cricket in Mumbai 1.00
How the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Was
Won 3.00 World Cup Cricket Classics 4.00
Best of The 2015 IPL 4.30 Best of The IPL
2015 5.00 World Cup Cricket Classics
SKY SPORTS ACTION Sky 407
6.00am World Darts Championship 8.00
NFL: America’s Game 9.00 NFL: A Football
Life 10.00 NBA: Dallas @ New Orleans 27.03
Noon Live: Good Morning Football 3.00
World Pool Masters 5.00 Live Netball
Superleague. 6.45 Live Netball Superleague.
London Pulse v Leeds Rhinos (Centre pass
7.15pm). 8.45 Rugby Union Retro 9.15
Rugby Stars Quiz: Heaslip V Habana. Rugby
union quiz. 9.45 NFL Bitesize Highlights
10.00 NBC’s Pro-Football Talk Midnight
NFL: Total Access 1.00 NFL Highlights
2.00 World Darts Championship
A Horizon Guide 12.45am The Joy of
Painting 1.15 The Lakes with Paul Rose
1.45 Fake or Fortune? 2.45 Art of France
COMEDY CENTRAL Sky 112
8.00am Baywatch 9.00 The A-Team 10.00
Everybody Loves Raymond Noon 3rd Rock
from the Sun 1.00 Friends 9.00 Film: 40
Days and 40 Nights (2002) (15) Romantic
comedy, starring Josh Hartnett and Shannyn
Sossamon 11.00 Younger 11.30 Younger
Midnight Baywatch 1.00 The A-Team 2.00
South Park 4.15 Friends 5.00 Teleshopping
FOX Sky 124
8.00am Republic of Doyle 9.00 Bones
10.00 Bull 11.00 NCIS Noon Bones: double
bill 2.00 The Mentalist 3.00 NCIS 4.00 Bull
5.00 Bones 6.00 The Mentalist 7.00 NCIS:
double bill 9.00 The Walking Dead 10.00
Talking Dead 11.00 American Dad!: double
bill Midnight Family Guy 1.00 American
Dad! 2.00 Family Guy 3.00 American Dad!
4.00 Republic of Doyle 5.00 Teleshopping
DISCOVERY Sky 125
6.00am Wheeler Dealers 7.00 Deadliest
Catch 8.00 Building Off the Grid 9.00 Alaska:
Homestead Rescue 10.00 Fast N’ Loud
11.00 Wheeler Dealers Noon Gold Rush:
Parker’s Trail 1.00 Gold Divers 2.00 Gold
Rush 4.00 Alaskan Bush People 5.00
Wheeler Dealers 6.00 Fast N’ Loud 7.00
Outback Truckers 8.00 Bitchin’ Rides. Dave
and the team transform a 1948 GMC truck.
9.00 Street Outlaws. Monza challenges Ryan
Martin. 10.00 Texas Metal 11.00 Combat
Dealers Midnight Street Outlaws 1.00 Texas
BT SPORT 1 Sky 413
6.00am Barclays FA Women’s Super League
7.30 V8 Supercars Highlights 9.30 ESPN FC
10.00 Premier League World 10.30 BT
Sport Big Bash Reload 10.45 T20 Cricket
Highlights 11.45 Women’s T20 International
Cricket 12.45pm Test Cricket Highlights
2.45 Live Test Cricket. West Indies v Sri
Lanka. 11.00 Fight Week 11.30 Gearing Up
Midnight WWE SmackDown Highlights 1.00
Live: WWE Monday Night Raw. The WWE
Superstars face-off inside the ring. 4.15 30
For 30 Shorts: We Are 4.30 Celtic v Real
Madrid 1980 5.00 Dundee United v Roma
1983/84 5.30 Bundesliga Weekly
EUROSPORT 1 Sky 410
6.00am Figure Skating World
Championships 7.00 Cycling: Tour of
Catalunya 8.00 Cycling: Bruges-De Panne
9.00 Masters 2021: O’Sullivan v Higgins
11.00 Ski Jumping Noon Snowboarding
1.00 Cycling: Gent-Wevelgem
Australian Open Tennis 5.00 Olympic
3.00
Outposts 6.00 Masters 2021: O’Sullivan v
Higgins 8.00 Cycling: Tour of Catalunya. The
seventh and final stage from Barcelona.
9.00 Triathlon: Super League London
9.30 Olympic Outposts 10.30 Cycling:
Gent-Wevelgem 1.00am Figure Skating
World Championships 2.00 Cycling: Gent-
Wevelgem 4.00 Snooker: German Masters
Metal 2.00 Deadliest Catch 3.00 Street
Outlaws 3.50 Combat Dealers 4.40 Alaska:
The Last Frontier 5.30 How Do They Do It?
HISTORY Sky 123
6.00am Forged in Fire 7.00 American
Pickers 8.00 Storage Wars 9.00 Pawn Stars
10.00 Counting Cars 11.00 Forged in Fire
Noon American Pickers 1.00 Swamp People
2.00 Highway Thru Hell 3.00 River Hunters
4.00 Storage Wars 5.00 Pawn Stars 6.00
American Pickers 7.00 Forged in Fire 8.00
American Pickers 9.00 Strangest Things. An
obsidian mirror and the notorious Voynich
Manuscript. 10.00 Treasures Decoded
11.00 Treasures Decoded Midnight Ancient
Superstructures 1.00 American Pickers
2.00 River Hunters 3.00 Vietnam: Lost Films
4.00 Highway Thru Hell 5.00 Swamp People
HGTV Freeview 43 - Sky 158
7.00am DIY SOS 9.00 DIY SOS: The Big
Build Noon DIY SOS: Veteran Street 2.00
DIY SOS: The Big Build 4.00 DIY SOS 6.00
A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 7.00 A Place
in the Sun: Summer Sun 8.00 Restoration
Home 9.00 Building the Dream 10.00 Help! I
Wrecked My House 11.00 Home Town
Midnight Windy City Rehab 1.00 DIY SOS
2.00 Dream Gardens 3.00 Fantasy Homes
Down Under 4.00 Teleshopping
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Sky 129
8.00am Maritime Silk Road Reborn 9.00
Car S.O.S 10.00 Megafactories 11.00 Food
Factory Noon Seconds from Disaster
1.00 Nazi Megastructures 2.00 Air Crash
Investigation 4.00 Lost Treasures of Egypt
5.00 The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great
6.00 Car S.O.S: double bill 8.00 Inside
Turkish Airlines 9.00 Malaysian 370: What
Happened? 10.00 Narco Wars 11.00 Air
Crash Investigation 1.00am Drugs Inc 2.00
Banged Up Abroad 3.00 Strippers: Cars for
Cash 4.00 Wicked Tuna: North v South
SKY COMEDY Sky 113
8.00am Everybody Hates Chris 8.20 The
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 9.30 The Mindy
Project 10.30 Girls 11.50 Sex and the City
1.10pm Curb Your Enthusiasm 2.30 Parks
and Recreation 3.30 30 Rock 4.30 Will &
Grace 5.30 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 6.30
Sex and the City: double bill 7.50 Curb Your
Enthusiasm: double bill 9.00 A Black Lady
Sketch Show 9.35 Real Time with Bill Maher
10.45 Saturday Night Live 12.15am Ballers
1.30 Sex and the City 2.50 Girls 4.00 The
Mindy Project 5.00 Teleshopping
BBC ALBA Sky 169
6.00am Alba Today 5.00pm Leugh le Linda
5.25 ’S E Iasg a Th’Annam (I’m a Fish) 5.30
Baile Mhuilinn 5.40 A’Bhuth (Early Stages
Mathematics) 5.55 Stoiridh 6.00 Na
Moomins/Moomin Valley 6.20 Port Paipeir
6.35 Saidheans Sporsail (Backyard Science)
7.00 Vets: Gach Creutair Beo 7.30 Speaking
Our Language 7.55 Earrann Eachdraidh
(History Shorts) 8.00 An La (News) 8.30
Dealbhan Fraoich (Heather’s Portraits).
Heather Dewar visits Applecross. 9.00
Trusadh – Leabhraichean Gaidhlig (Gaelic
Books) 10.00 Na Trads: An Tobar 10.30 Air a’
Chanal (Scotland’s Canals) 11.30 Iul a’ Chiuil
(The Musical Path) Midnight Alba Today
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Scheming EU’s vaccine
response has been a joke
FRAGMENTED and schemers
would be the best way to describe
the EU as it hardly represents a
union of countries at all.
As Ross Clark noted (“‘Petty’
Brussels will be left behind as
Britain prospers”, March 26), the
raid in Italy to find millions of
vaccines supposedly heading for the
UK actually found they were meant
for the EU. While a number of bloc
countries are sitting on millions of
unused vaccines. It’s a joke.
Peter Rushton,
Chorley, Lancs
We must always respect
all beliefs and religions
I AM very disappointed about the
incident at Batley Grammar School.
Both the teacher and the reaction
of some Muslims are to blame
(“Hundreds protest after RE
teacher shows children anti-Islam
cartoon”, March 26).
“There should be no compulsion
in religion”, the Holy Quran tells
us. This and other verses makes it
explicit that belief is a matter of the
heart, and not something that can
be forced or controlled externally.
There is no room for blasphemy
in Islam. Muslims are taught to be
tolerant in such situations.
But it is disappointing to see that
a teacher felt it was an appropriate
method of teaching children.
There is a lot of noise regarding
“freedom of speech” but this
cannot be without limits. To protect
and guide our future generations it
is paramount that we always respect
one another’s beliefs and religions.
This is how to create a peaceful
and prosperous world, not via
disrespectful caricatures or abusing
those whom others hold close.
Farhan Khalid,
Aldershot, Hants
Cartoon is vile insult and
school apology not enough
MUSLIMS hold dearly on to the
teachings and life examples of
Prophet (pbuh) for inspiration in all
aspects of their lives. It is no
exaggeration to say that for them
any type of insult is deemed to be
an act more heart-rending than the
vilest insult of one’s own mother.
While Batley Grammar School’s
apology is admirable, the
insensitivity which fanned the
incident requires action, which is
both urgent and effective.
The ramifications of such
incidents are not trivial and serve
only to inhibit goodwill from
flourishing in our beautiful society.
Fareed Rehman,
New Malden, Surrey
Government must act now
that a teacher is in hiding
WHEN a schoolmaster is hiding
in fear of his life, our government
needs to act rapidly to get a firm
grip of the situation.
The Government has been
turning a blind eye to Sharia courts
in the UK, a situation brought about
over the years by Leftist, Labour
activists. If action isn’t taken it will
spread through society like a virus.
Robert Easton,
Belfast
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PETULANT: EC President Ursula von der Leyen
You can’t trust Labour as
they’re rotten to the core
LABOUR-RUN Liverpool City
Council is accused of awarding
contracts to firms run by relatives
of high-ranking local party
members despite not being on
approved contractors’ lists
(“Ministers set to run Liverpool”,
March 22.) Quelle surprise!
As those in Scotland and
England’s former “Red Wall” areas
know from bitter experience that
voting Labour are bywords for
corruption.
Rotten to the core, Labour will
never change and needs putting out
of its misery.
Mark Boyle,
Johnstone, Renfrew
Just to be clear, it’s never
a good idea to eat slugs
JUST a word of warning from last
Friday’s Hickey column, it is a very
bad idea to eat slugs.
Sam Ballard was a 19-year-old
Australian who ate a slug in 2010
after a dare from his friends. He
later complained of leg pains and a
few days later he was diagnosed
with rat lungworm.
He then fell into a coma for 420
days after contracting a strand of
meningitis. Sam suffered a severe
HAS LOCKDOWN MADE YOU FEEL MORE TIRED AND WEARY?
SOME days
Yes it’s a real effort
to get out of
bed and get dressed
(“Tired all the time:
Dozy for a decade”,
March 26).
I’ve been working
from home for a year
now and sometimes I
roll out of bed 10
minutes before work
starts, force down a
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Letter of the day
UK jab joy a
wake-up call
to sleepy EU
URSULA von der Leyen’s vaccination
tantrum is testament to how quickly Boris
Johnson reacted to the coronavirus pandemic 44 years ago (1977)
early last summer when the vaccine was little We reported the aftermath of
the worst disaster in aviation
more than a hope (“EU can’t stop us! We will history when two airliners
all get jab by July”, March 26). collided and burst into flames
The PM acted swiftly and decisively in
on the runway at Tenerife
securing millions of doses while the EU ran airport. A total of 583 people
around like headless chickens.
died and about 70 people
When it came to securing the vaccines and survived, including the only
the prospect of saving lives, the EU’s leaders Briton on either plane.
hit the snooze button on the alarm while the The crash occurred in
UK was up and at ’em. foggy conditions when a
Well done, Boris. You got up, secured the Dutch KLM plane started its
doses and vaccinated millions before the EU take off run while a Pan Am
leaders had even opened their bleary eyes. 747 was still on the runway.
Ashley Smith, Both flights had been diverted
March, Cambs from a nearby airport.
40 years ago (1981)
Some 6,700 joggers took
part in the first London
brain infection and died eight years Lads... it’s San Marino,
later, all because of this silly dare. Marathon. The 26.2-mile
Thomas Turnbull, not the World Cup final route stretched from
Bedlington, Northumb ISN’T it distasteful the way the Greenwich Park and
finished at The Mall.
Sick and tired of Freddie’s England football players crowed
about their 5-0 World Cup qualifier
The race was a success
with 90,000 runners
endless jibes about Boris victory over tiny San Marino at applying the next year. This
Wembley Stadium last Thursday year’s event has been
IN THE past I had always thought night, against a nation with a postponed until October
Frederick Forsyth with his common population of less than 34,000 due to the pandemic.
sense would make a fine prime (“Happy Ollie day”, March 26).
minister (March 26).
We can surely be patriotic with Seven years ago (2014)
Now I wonder if he is seriously Peter McGraith and David
respect. Imagine if our players all Cabreza became the first
hoping to pursue this course by
continually and unjustifiably had to come from a place of that same-sex couple to marry in
size, how would we fare then?
trashing Boris. England in a ceremony at
Norma Roth, Frank Allen, Islington Town Hall in London.
Lyme Regis, Dorset Human rights campaigner
Sutton, Surrey
Peter Tatchell acted as chief
We do double duvets, and Right-on Doctor Who is witness. Same-sex weddings
became legal in Scotland in
we have done for 15 years now so woke it’s broke December 2014 and in
Northern Ireland in 2020.
I HAD to smile at Slumberdown’s WITH regard to the Doctor Who
“new” innovation of the Made For letters (March 25), the rebirth of
You Two duvet (“Watershed down... Doctor Who was amazing with BIRTHDAYS
duvet ends rows”, March 26). David Tennant taking the role to
another level. Harry Potter
Fifteen years ago my partner and star Brendan
I decided that enough was enough The secret however was in the Gleeson is
and pushed two single beds writing, pure science fiction. 66. He plays
together to make a large double and Matt Smith kept the candle the fiddle and
bought two duvets. burning but after that the actors mandolin.
No problems when turning over, were let down by a woke agenda Former PM
no problems about lightweight or where every episode seemed to John Major
heavy or the other person bouncing have an agenda. is 78. He left
the mattress when moving about. Escapism was gone and we had school at 16
Job done. to be “on message”. with just three
O-levels.
Elizabeth Hewick, Tony Ratcliffe,
Stockport, Cheshire Game Of
Harrogate, N Yorks Thrones actor
Edward
Skrein is 38.
He’s also
a rapper.
bowl of cereal and do a IT’S been a down to the ground. As
day’s work while still in No struggle but
I’ve forced
well as long walks, I
invested in a decent pair
Monty Python
star Eric Idle
my dressing gown. is 78. He
I live on my own, myself to get out and of running shoes, bought
wrote and
there’s no one to look about and do as much some kit and I pound performed a
smart for and as long as exercise as possible since the streets at least three
lot of Monty
the job gets done the first lockdown began times a week and feel Python’s
properly then who cares last March. miles better for it. songs.
what I look like? Our family dog has I’ve also moved my
After work I spend never been walked so laptop as far away from TODAY’S GIGGLE
hours on my phone. often and for so long in our fridge as possible. Why should the number 288
Chris Hilton, his life. I think the Janet Robinson, never be mentioned? It’s two
Birmingham lockdown life suits him Bristol gross.

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CALVIN AND HOBBES Bill Watterson
DILBERT Scott Adams
FAITH, HOPE AND SUE Lisa Wild
RUPERT AND SNUFFY No 22
Says Rupert, “Snuffy needs a scrub!
Just hold him while I fill the tub.”
Thai beef red curry
This dish is surprisingly easy to make. Thai basil can be found in oriental
supermarkets or ordinary basil can be used instead. Serves 4.
INGREDIENTS
450g beef fillet steak, thinly sliced
1/2 tbsp sugar
1/2 tbsp light soy sauce or 1 tbsp
dark soy sauce
1-2 tbsp cornflour, mixed with 1
tbsp water
2 tbsp oil
3 tbsp Thai red curry paste
1 medium onion, finely sliced
1/2 tsp salt
8 baby sweetcorn, halved
1 green pepper, chopped
1 (400g) tin of coconut milk
3 tbsp milk (optional)
10 leaves of Thai basil
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METHOD
1) Marinade the steak in
sugar, soy sauce and the
cornflour for 20 minutes.
2) In a large frying pan, heat
1 tablespoon of oil over high
heat. Stir-fry the beef until
almost cooked, about 3-4
minutes. Set aside.
3) Heat the same frying pan
with 1 tablespoon of oil and
add the red curry paste. Stir
until fragrant, 1-2 minutes.
Add the onion and salt, cook
until soft, about 3-4 minutes.
4) Stir in the baby
sweetcorn and green
pepper. Add the coconut
milk, milk, beef and basil.
Stir and adjust the
seasoning accordingly.
5) Serve immediately
with rice.
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Aries Mar 21 – Apr 20
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How to spot a dodgy deal

By GRAHAM HISCOTT
FRaUDSTERS are callously
cashing in on the
coronavirus crisis to con
innocent people, figures
have revealed.
Banking body UK Finance
said the number of scam
cases in which criminals
pretended to be trusted
organisations to trick
victims into handing over
their money almost doubled
last year.
During the pandemic,
criminals have sent
fraudulent emails claiming to
offer government support
to those impacted by the
pandemic and scam text
messages requesting
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covid-19 vaccine.
cifas, a fraud prevention
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Would-be victims are told
to press “one” on their
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The best advice is to hang
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other buttons.
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By Vicky Shaw
MORE than two fifths of people would
consider turning to investments in the
hope of bigger returns, a poll found.
But nearly a quarter do not know
how to check whether or not an
investment company is genuine,
Nationwide Building Society said.
Ed Fisher, head of fraud policy, said:
“One of the unfortunate side effects of
the pandemic has been a rise in invest-
ment scams.”
The building society’s data shows
such scams reported by members last
year increased by 79 per cent on 2019.
Mr Fisher said: “Criminals try to
take advantage of any uncertainties
and a low interest environment to tar-
get people with increasingly sophisti-
cated tactics.
“They even target victims again with
‘recovery scams’ by promising to get
their money back for an upfront fee.
“It’s crucial to undertake proper
research and due diligence before
handing over your money. Being espe-
cially cautious is the best defence.”
It warned payments made to
“cloned” companies posing as legiti-
mate brands have become more
commonplace.
One in five of the 2,000 polled
believe an online advert is sufficient to
prove a firm is genuine.
Almost a fifth (19 per cent) would
invest with someone contacting them
by email after registering on a website.
And one in 14 (7 per cent) would
TYPES OF SCAMS
WARNING:
UNEXPECTED CONTACT Scammers Dion Dublin
often cold call, but contact can also
happen after you have looked for
an opportunity yourself, such as
filling in a form following an online
search or responding to a social
media post.
PRESSURE you might be offered a
bonus or discount if you invest
before a set date, or told an
opportunity is only available for a
short period. reputable firms do
not put clients under such pressure.
SOCIAL MEDIA ‘PROOF’ Fraudsters
may share fake reviews and claim
other clients, including celebrities,
have invested.
UNREALISTIC RETURNS OR EASY
MONEY Fraudsters often promise
returns that sound too good to be
true, or an app that does all the
work for you.
FALSE AUTHORITY Scammers may
Alert after rise in business frauds
use convincing literature and ScamS targeting businesses study found such firms made
websites, claiming to be regulated have increased by almost a up almost a quarter of all
and speaking with authority on third since the lockdowns business scams last year.
investment products. began, a study reveals. Barclays has partnered with
FLATTERY Criminals may try to build Impersonation fraud is the former footballer and TV
a rapport to lull you into a false most commonly used tactic, presenter Dion Dublin to raise
sense of security. said Barclays. awareness.
Fraudsters pretend to be Dion said: “I’ve experienced
organisations or authorities to fraudulent activity. Offenders
trick victims into sharing know small business owners
invest with a company making contact banking information or are time-poor and take
out of the blue, which could be a scam. transferring money. advantage of busy schedules
But 51 per cent would use the FCA The bank warned firms in to see if they can get away
Register to check a company. property and construction. Its with scamming.”

‘Jobs army’ is recruited in record time
A RECORD 13,500 “work
coaches” have been
recruited to help jobseekers
improve skills and find work.
Ministers said it had been
one of the Government’s
fastest and largest recruit-
ment initiatives.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak
said: “I have met many of
our incredible work coaches
this year and seen first hand
the integral role they play in
our plan for jobs, helping
people back into work. That’s
why I am delighted that we
have reached this important
milestone today, helping
more jobseekers find new
opportunities, protecting
livelihoods, and supporting
our economic recovery.”
Therese Coffey, Secretary
of State for Work and
Pensions, said: “Britain’s jobs
army is ready to support
people back into work, and
every jobseeker will have the
help they need.”
The Department for Work
and Pensions said it was
investing in temporary job-
centres for the new recruits
who will help people
improve their CVs, interview
chances and job searches.
Firm builds better lives for brickies
A UK construction company
says it has become the first in
the sector to bring in flexible
working on its sites.
BAM Construct UK says
the shift, which comes after
a pioneering trial, could
benefit workers and bosses.
Andrea Singh, executive
and HR director for BAM
Construct UK, said: “Every
role can have flexibility, but
not every role can have the
same flexibility.”
The firm said the policy
will provide a better work-
life balance for employees.
Ruth Hutchinson, a site
administrator for several
BAM schemes in Wales, said:
“I am a carer for my parents
who have mental health and
physical health needs.
“I am now able to work
three days a week from
home where I have become
far more productive.
“My own mental health
and stress levels have
improved dramatically.”
BAM is promoting remote
working, staggered shifts,
flexible lunch or break times,
job sharing, part-time work,
phased retirements and
remote meetings.

++THE SHARE HUNTER++LAURA HOY++HARGREAVES LANSDOWN++

PETS were a must-have in lockdown.
More than half the nation’s households
now include a four-legged friend and
3.2 million bought their pet during
the pandemic.
Furry companions offered a welcome
distraction from the past year’s chaos,
but also required several trips to the vet.
New puppies need a variety of jabs
and may also get neutered. That’s been
a welcome tailwind for CVS Group, one
of the nation’s top vet networks.
Evidence of growing pet ownership
was clear in CVS’s results for the six-
LAurA HOy month period ending in December.
EquITy ANALyST Net client registrations rose 17 per
Hargreaves Lansdown cent and the group’s pet healthcare
www.hl.co.uk plan, Healthy Pet Club, saw the number
Vet service must make profits its pet subject
of members it serves rise 3.6 per cent.
All divisions, from Veterinary (its bread
and butter) to Crematoria, reported
growth. That fed into a 38.8 per cent
increase in underlying profit before tax.
Increasingly, CVS does more than
offer veterinary services though. Online
veterinary pharmacy business Animed
allows owners to order everything they
need for their pet from home.
The division saw revenues rise 34 per
cent during the first half of the financial
year, proving demand for pet-related
e-commerce is strong. But Animed’s
profits didn’t grow at the same clip,
giving CVS work to improve profitability.
One difficulty facing the group is its
reliance on highly skilled workers – and
a shortage of vet staff has proved a
challenge before. While the group has
worked to reduce that risk, a spike in
staff costs could threaten margins.
For now CVS’s strong position in a
booming industry has driven its
price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio up to 30.9,
nearly double the long-term average.
That reflects investor belief growth
will be strong, but high expectations can
open the door to disappointment. Pet
ownership is unlikely to keep ballooning,
so CVS will have to squeeze more from
existing customers. That means
growing Animed business and possibly
looking to ripe new European markets.
Failure could mean disappointing
investors, leading to unpleasant
consequences for the share price.
“This article is designed for investors who make
their own decisions without advice, if unsure
whether an investment is right for you, you
shouldseek advice. Shares can rise and fall in
value so you could get back less than you invest.”

48 Daily Express Monday, March 29, 2021
Racing
AINTREE’S THE
AIM FOR DASHEL
JEREMY SCOTT may run
Grade One winner Dashel
Drasher at Aintree — in
By Andy MacMorrin
ground had dried out too
either the Melling Chase much. “He’ll have an
or the Betway Bowl — if
conditions are not too
fast.
entry at Aintree, and
provided the ground is
The eight-year-
old has been a
revelation this
campaign
winning his last
three starts,
including in the
top-level Betfair Ascot three-miles-one-furlong.
Chase in February. We’ll look at both and see
But Dashel Drasher, what the entries are like.
above, was a late
withdrawal from the Aintree, but it would have
Ryanair Chase at to be on the soft side and
Cheltenham because the not on the quick side.”
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BENOIT ON THE UP By Jason Heavey
JOHN GOSDEN has hailed the
Gosden’s praise for rising
talents of teenage sensation
right he will run ”
Benoit De La Sayette — and
credited Frankie Dettori with
his discovery.
teenage star De La Sayette
said Scott. The 18-year-old showed family and it was he who asked victory in the Dubai Sheema
“He’s very great maturity to steer if their son could join the Classic.
well. He’s all Haqeeqy to victory in the Clarehaven team. Gosden, left, added: “It was
ready to go. Unibet Lincoln for the “He’s a pleasure to always the plan to see if
“There’s a race Newmarket trainer at work with. He’s work he could be an Arc
there over two and Doncaster. riding and he’s been horse and I think he
a half miles and also The success was part of a with us some time proved he gets the
stellar Saturday for Gosden, riding during school mile and a half. My
who bagged a big-race double holidays. feeling would be races
at Meydan with Lord North “He’s exceptionally like the Eclipse, the
“They do a great job at and Mishriff. But he revealed talented but I don’t like Juddmonte, the Arc and
how Italian genius Dettori was to see apprencites rushed. the King George. But he
responsible for the 7lb claimer Hopefully he’s got a long deserves a holiday.”
LINCOLN De La Sayette arriving at his career ahead of him.” Lord North, who won the
WINNER:
Benoit De
Clarehaven Stables. Mishriff is set for a busy Dubai Cup under Dettori, will
La Sayette He said: “Frankie Dettori is a summer after backing up his be trained for a repeat win in
friend of the De La Sayette Saudi Cup triumph with the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes.
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CHARLIE MAGRI (93) C Tizzard 5 11-4 .............T J O’Brien —
1.30
2.00
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Kendelu
Danny Kirwan
Definite Dilemma
3.30 Whatsdastory
4.00 Kilbrew Boy
2 LF5PPL AASLEAGH DAWN (103) Mrs N Evans 8 11-7
3 L3P233- THE WICKET CHICKEN (427) N Mulholland 9 11-6
L Edwards 122
D Burton(5) 88
2 UFP/4P-8 CHETOMIAN (20) P Gundry 6 11-4 .......................C Deutsch 90
3 2-42020 ● CONFIRMATION BIAS (24) P Nicholls 6 11-4 H Cobden ★125 T Scudamore —
4 L2-43P1 NO NO JULIET (32) F O’Brien 8 11-5 ............L Harrison(7) 125
4
5
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22-38
24
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FAMOSO (26) P Nicholls 5 11-4 .......................L Williams(3)
GOLD LINK (129) (F) E Lavelle 5 11-4 ......... Jack Foley(7) 104
KALYPTRA (25) N Mitchell 5 11-4...................T Scudamore
KOST A COAT (17) G L Moore 6 11-4 ............Joshua Moore 100
88
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PRESENCE OF MIND (16) O Murphy 6 11-12....... D England —
5 6322L5 BALLYBOUGH NORA (31) J Scott 8 11-0 .......... M Griffiths ★131
6 1-53364 CUSHUISH (18) R Buckler 8 10-0 ...........Sean Houlihan(3)
TONGUE STRAP: No. 5 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 2, 3, 4.
114
8 THREE SOCKS MORGAN C Tizzard 7 11-4.......H Kimber(7) — 2 2-L15L4 NEIL THE LEGEND (19) K Davis 7 11-8 ...............A Doyle(7) 122 SP FORECAST: 7-4 No No Juliet, 9-4 Whatsdastory, 5 The Wicket Chicken, 6
9 15 HOPE YOU DO (109) P Hobbs 4 10-11 ................. R Johnson 99 3 5-45294 KEEP MOVING (26) (C&D) P Hobbs 9 11-7 ......T J O’Brien 127 Ballybough Nora, 8 Cushuish, 25 Aasleagh Dawn.
10 P THE TITHE (34) K Woollacott 5 10-11 ............... S Sheppard — 4 5-133F4 KAUTO THE KING (24) (C&D) C Tizzard 7 11-7 2020: No corresponding race.
TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 4, 8, 10 CHEEK PIECES: No. 3 HOOD: No. 6. H Cobden 125
5 1F1658 MINE’S A PINT (93) (D) K Burke 9 11-7 .........N Scholfield 125
SP FORECAST: 6-4 Confirmation Bias, 7-4 Hope You Do, 6 Kalyptra, 14 Three
Socks Morgan, Gold Link, 16 Charlie Magri, 20 Kost A Coat, 25 Famoso, 100 Others.
2020: No corresponding race.
6 UL24L-7 SAINTEMILION (24) J Frost 8 11-6 ................A Cheleda(7)
7 32-53LL THE LAST BUT ONE (20) (C,D) W Kittow 9 11-5
K Edgar
95
—
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£2,977 (4) 2m 5f 82yds
CHEZ HANS (153) (D) M Scudamore 7 11-12
(15)
8 L04L1L- PRIMAL FOCUS (487) Christian Williams 7 10-12 Mr C Bickers Price(7) 5
1.30
1
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£2,505 (5) 2m 4f 35yds
24-3P44 PRINCE LLYWELYN (20) K Bailey 7 12-2 ..................D Bass ★109
(8) 9 7/57-232 ● DEFINITE DILEMMA (19) P Phelan 8 10-11
J Tudor(3)
Sean Houlihan(3) ★128
— 2 PP5-L92 THE KNOT IS TIED (24) N King 6 11-12
Mr N Phillips(7)
3 47541P ● KILBREW BOY (101) B Case 8 11-11 ..... Mr Charlie Case(7)
113
108
2 644/3PL STUNG FOR CASH (53) T Lacey 8 12-1 ............ S Sheppard — TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 4, 5, 6, 8 HOOD: No. 5. 4 54-695L THREE WAYS (59) J Snowden 10 11-10
3 131P33 ● KENDELU (25) N Hawke 6 11-12 ................. K Buckley(7) — SP FORECAST: 5-2 Definite Dilemma, 10-3 Presence Of Mind, 7-2 Kauto The King, Mr William Featherstone(7) 85
4 11U-14P ORGANISED SOLUTION (38) M Sheppard 7 11-10 .Mr Milo Herbert(7) — 7 Mine’s A Pint, Keep Moving, 14 Primal Focus, 16 Saintemilion, 25 Neil The 5 64L-33P EROS (37) K Woollacott 7 11-10 ...............Mr D Andrews(7) —
5 51/21PP- LURE DES PRES (387) Miss L Blackford 9 11-2 Sean Houlihan(3) — Legend, 33 The Last But One. 6 P5777 GETAWAY CORY (37) K Woollacott 6 11-9 .....Mr J Newman(3) 104
6 3L0-98L SAKHEE’S CONQUEST (160) J W Mullins 6 10-7J Bargary — 2020: No corresponding race. 7 2/4-0LL MADAM DELUXE (24) J Mason 6 11-6 .......Mr P Mason(7) 98
7 66-090P COUNTERACT (26) Miss Suzy Smith 6 10-1... C Hammond — 8 L-312P4 FRANKINCENSE (14) C Down 6 11-5.. Miss H C Tucker(7) ★116
8 68L3-0P JUST IN A MUDDLE (39) Christian Williams 6 10-0J Tudor(3) — 9 18L7 POWERFUL POSITION (21) Christian Williams 6 11-1
BLINKERS: No. 3 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 1, 4 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 1, 2, 8.
SP FORECAST: 6-4 Prince Llywelyn, 7-4 Kendelu, 10 Organised Solution, Stung
For Cash, 12 Sakhee’s Conquest, Just In A Muddle, 25 Lure Des Pres, Counteract.
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Mr Ellis Collier(7)
(5) 10 254U-PP ON RAGLAN ROAD (107) N Mitchell 9 11-0.....Mr M McIntyre(3)
1 L2-5LF4 SWEET ADARE (68) V Dartnall 8 11-12 ..........A Cheleda(7) ★119 11 2/L-73PP JENNYS DAY (18) Katy Price 10 10-12 .....Miss Jess Stewart(7)
99
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115
2020: No corresponding race. 2 223F SASHENKA (19) M Scudamore 5 11-10 ...........T Scudamore 117 12 5-L5409 CITY FLAME (26) Alexandra Dunn 5 10-6 ....... Miss T Eyston(7) 114
3 U641 ● TRIPLE NICKLE (18) (C&D) B J Llewellyn 5 11-1 13 25/L65-0 CATCHIN TIME (123) L Hurley 13 10-0 ...Mr Peter Summers(7) 91
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BEYOND THE PALE (130) F O’Brien 6 11-7 ........P Brennan 127
4 751L-LP DAYTIME AHEAD (19) (C) R Hodges 10 10-10
5 665P
R Williams(3)
H Cobden
JEDHI (F27) (T) J O’Keeffe 6 10-3..................... C O’Farrell
118 14 3P55-PP TIGER SAM (102) L Hurley 11 10-0.......Miss H Stevens(7)
107
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15 LL767P THESTOPPERDUNNE (139) K Bishop 8 10-0
Miss N Parker(3)
BLINKERS: Nos. 8, 14 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 15
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87
2 2/6-3167 ● DANNY KIRWAN (65) P Nicholls 8 11-7 .......... H Cobden ★133
3 3L003/P CHAMPAGNE IDEAS (25) C Down 8 11-1J A Anderson(7) — TONGUE STRAP: No. 1 CHEEK PIECES: No. 3. CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 12, 13.
4 36F2P2 IRON MIKE (14) N Mitchell 5 11-1 .....................T Scudamore 132 SP FORECAST: 5-4 Sashenka, 3 Triple Nickle, 4 Sweet Adare, 7 Jedhi, 10 Daytime SP FORECAST: 5-2 The Knot Is Tied, 4 Kilbrew Boy, 6 Frankincense, 13-2 Powerful
5 31/326P ROQUE IT (24) P Nicholls 7 11-1 ......................L Williams(3) 127 Ahead. Position, 8 Getaway Cory, 12 Three Ways, 14 Jennys Day, Chez Hans, 16 Others.
6 4222-62 SIXTEEN LETTERS (18) K Woollacott 9 11-1Mr J Newman(7) 123 2020: No corresponding race. 2020: No corresponding race.
7 6-DP DANGAN DES CHAMPS (69) P Hobbs 6 10-8 .. R Johnson — TRACK FACTS: GOING: Good. Right Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY (2016-21): Harry Cobden 29% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2016-21): P Nicholls 33% Strike
TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 5, 6. rate. FIRST TIME: 1.00 Confirmation Bias (cheek pieces), Three Socks Morgan (tongue strap), Gold Link (wind surgery), The Tithe (tongue strap), 1.30 Just In A Muddle
SP FORECAST: 15-8 Danny Kirwan, 3 Iron Mike, 7-2 Beyond The Pale, 7 Sixteen (cheek pieces), 4.00 City Flame (cheek pieces), Powerful Position (tongue strap). BEATEN FAVOURITES: 1.00 Hope You Do. 2.00 Beyond The Pale. 2.30 Definite
Letters, 8 Roque It, 12 Dangan Des Champs, 66 Champagne Ideas. Dilemma(hcp ch). 3.00 Sashenka. 3.30 Whatsdastory(hcp ch). 4.00 Kilbrew Boy(hcp ch). LONGEST TRAVELLER: Jedhi (3.00) 277 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 1.30 Lure Des
2020: No corresponding race. Pres from M J Vanstone to Miss L Blackford. 3.00 Daytime Ahead from H Fry to R Hodges. 4.00 On Raglan Road from H Brown to N Mitchell.
ASCOT: Good-good to soft in plac- CARLISLE: Good to soft-soft in pl £1.40, £1.10. exacta: £4.20. trifecta: £8.60. Sedric (11-1) 3; Phantom Power (8-1) 4. 23 ran.
es places RESULTS CSF: £4.16. ns, 21/2l, 1/2l. (G M Lyons; 5-2 fav Harannda). Tote:
1.00—STONER’S CHOICE (M Kendrick, 11-4 2.20—INTO OVERDRIVE (J Hamilton, 40-1) 4.15—OUTBOX (H Doyle, 4-5 fav) 1; €4.40; pl €1.70, €1.70, €3.00. exacta: €17.80. tri-
2nd fav) 1; Bells Of Peterboro (5-1) 2; Irish 1; Henry Gondoff (11-8 2nd fav) 2; Royal Arcade Gift). Tote: £4.20; pl £1.90, £2.70, £1.60. exacta: Raymond Tusk (7-5 2nd fav) 2; Protected Guest fecta: €158.10. CSF: €13.80. Non-runners:
(10-11 fav) 3. 6 ran. 1l, 11l. (M Walford). Tote:
Prophecy (14-1) 3. H’cap 5 ran. 6l, 9l. (F O’Brien; £31.30. trifecta: £195.60. CSF: £24.46. (10-1) 3. 4 ran. 11/4l, 2l. (A Watson). Tote: £1.40; Bubbles Of Glory, Montego Bay.
6-4 fav Ecco). Tote: £3.80; pl £2.20, £1.90. £32.60; pl £11.30, £1.20. exacta: £100.90. trifec- Placepot: £724.00 exacta: £2.10. trifecta: £2.50. CSF: £2.13. 2.50—ZIG ZAG ZYGGY (K J Manning, 18-1) 1;
exacta: £14.20. trifecta: £64.80. CSF: £15.79. ta: £139.00. CSF: £93.84. Non-runner: Fabuleux (Race 1) 5, 1; (2) 8, 5; (3) 11, 7, 12; (4) 4.50—GUNMETAL (C Beasley, 15-2) 1; Fastar (10-1) 2; Sounds Of Spring (18-1) 3; Power
Non-runners: Bannixtown Glory, South Terrace. Du Clos. 14, 12, 1; (5) 5, 1; (6) 3, 9, 8; Lexington Dash (11-2 2nd fav) 2; Mid Winster Under Me (5-2 fav) 4. H’cap 17 ran. nk, 21/2l, 11/4l.
1.35—CASCOVA (N De Boinville, 7-4 fav) 1; 2.55—SILKEN MOONLIGHT (S Coltherd, Quadpot: £48.10 (25-1) 3. H’cap 15 ran. shd, 11/2l. (T D Barron; 7-2 (D K Weld). Tote: €16.20; pl €3.10, €2.30, €2.90,
Manvers House (11-4) 2; Sopran Thor (5-2 2nd 13-2) 1; Sawpit Sienna (6-1) 2; Sindabella (2-1 fav) fav Lincoln Park). Tote: £9.20; pl £2.90, £2.60, €1.30. exacta: €160.50. tricast: €3393.45. trifec-
3. H’cap 6 ran. 31/2l, 11/2l. (W Coltherd). Tote:
fav) 3. 4 ran. 8l, 1l. (N Henderson). Tote: £2.10;
DONCASTER: Good-good to firm in £8.30. exacta: £67.40. tricast: £983.92. trifec- ta: €1426.40. CSF: €170.50. Non-runners: Double
£7.30; pl £3.20, £2.90. exacta: £41.20. tricast: places ta: £944.90. CSF: £44.79. Non-runners: Kodiac, Forest Of Dreams.
exacta: £6.30. trifecta: £10.60. CSF: £6.88.
£95.89. trifecta: £135.20. CSF: £40.20. Non- 1.20—TAHITIAN PRINCE (S M Levey, 14-1) 1; Fortamour, Green Power, Molls Memory, True
2.10—FUNAMBULE SIVOLA (C Deutsch, 3.25—BROOME (J A Heffernan, 7-2 2nd fav)
runners: Buttevant Lady, Lady Babs. Dirty Rascal (4-1 fav) 2; Chookie Dunedin (17-2) Mason.
11-10 fav) 1; Monsieur Lecoq (13-8 2nd fav) 2; 5.25—ACED IT (J Mitchell, 12-1) 1; Blow Your 1; Sunchart (18-1) 2; Sonnyboyliston (11-1) 3. 12
H’cap 3 ran. 23l. (V Williams). Tote: £1.80; exac- 3.30—HALCYON DAYS (J Hamilton, 22-1) 1; 3; Eligible (10-1) 4. H’cap 18 ran. nk, 11/2l, hd. (R ran. 31/2l, 6l. (A P O’Brien; 10-3 fav Up Helly Aa).
Miss Amelia (4-1 2nd fav) 2; Sword Of Fate (7-1) Hannon). Tote: £19.00; pl £3.70, £1.40, £3.10, Horn (3-1 2nd fav) 2; Cozone (15-8 fav) 3. H’cap
ta: £2.40. trifecta: £2.30. CSF: £3.23. 11 ran. 11/4l, 3l. (C Poulton). Tote: £12.20; pl £3.10, Tote: €3.60; pl €1.10, €5.80, €3.00. exacta:
2.45—HERBIERS (P Brennan, 12-1) 1; 3. H’cap 10 ran. 1/2l, 9l. (R Menzies; 7-2 fav £2.60. exacta: £113.20. tricast: £541.03. trifec- €73.20. trifecta: €1051.60. CSF: €63.78.
Tonto’s Spirit). Tote: £19.70; pl £4.20, £1.90, ta: £1352.40. CSF: £64.52. Non-runners: £1.70, £1.40. exacta: £65.90. tricast: £99.37. tri-
Royaume Uni (7-4 fav) 2; Leylak (14-1) 3. H’cap fecta: £219.40. CSF: £45.67. Non-runners: 4.00—EPONA PLAYS (W M Lordan, 12-1) 1;
£2.20. exacta: £117.10. tricast: £700.33. trifecta:
14 ran. 1/2l, nk. (O Greenall). Tote: £13.40; pl Blackcastle Storm, Dulas, Fancy Footings,
£1760.60. CSF: £111.81. Non-runners: Mint Gold, Mossbawn. Chiave Di Volta, Intercessor, Kaser, Proton, Parent’s Prayer (5-1) 2; Sziget (16-1) 3. 8 ran.
£3.40, £1.40, £3.90. exacta: £48.40. tricast: Ship Of The Fen. 13/4l, 2l. (W McCreery; 7-4 fav Eylara). Tote:
£317.63. trifecta: £865.50. CSF: £32.55. Vengeur De Guye. 1.55—GEORGE PEABODY (C Shepherd, 11-1)
4.05—WELL ABOVE PAR (D R Fox, 14-1) 1; 1; Hello Zabeel (7-1) 2; Credence Star (7-2) 3. 11 Jackpot: Not won, pool of £12,445.47 €13.70; pl €2.70, €1.20, €3.00. exacta: €40.00.
3.20—DEFI SACRE (J Best, 5-1) 1; trifecta: €945.90. CSF: €69.03.
Marracudja (11-2) 2; Highest Sun (10-3 2nd fav)Ard Chros (14-1) 2; Up Helly Aa King (15-2) 3. ran. 31/4l, 11/4l. (G Scott; 15-8 fav Thaler). Tote: carried over.
H’cap 14 ran. 21/4l, 41/4l. (L Russell; 9-2 fav Central £11.50; pl £2.90, £2.50, £1.10. exacta: £70.30. Placepot: £344.20 4.35—EMPRESS JOSEPHINE (J A
3. H’cap 7 ran. 4l, 11/2l. (R Hobson; 11-4 fav Heffernan, 3-1 jt 2nd fav) 1; New York Angel
Another Crick). Tote: £5.00; pl £2.40, £3.00. Flame). Tote: £17.10; pl £4.90, £4.60, £2.80. trifecta: £415.30. CSF: £89.19. Non-runner: State (Race 1) 19, 4, 14, 22; (2) 6, 7, 2; (3)
exacta: £139.70. tricast: £1603.18. trifecta: Secretary. 10, 7, 4; (4) 5, 4, 3, 7; (5) 1, 3; (6) 1; (10-1) 2; Ahandfulofsummers (3-1 jt 2nd fav) 3;
exacta: £26.20. tricast: £95.11. trifecta: £107.10. La Petite Coco (18-1) 4. 19 ran. 11/4l, 1/2l, 3/4l. (A P
CSF: £29.42. Non-runner: Deauville Dancer. £1642.00. CSF: £195.90. 2.30—SOUNDSLIKETHUNDER (Rossa Quadpot: £44.50
4.40—STORM NELSON (R Mania, 11-10 fav) 1; Ryan, 8-1) 1; Lexington Knight (16-1) 2; Carolus O’Brien; 7-4 fav Blazing Star). Tote: €3.50; pl
3.55—SINGLEFARMPAYMENT (A P Heskin, NAAS: Soft-soft to heavy in places
Ashfield Paddy (4-1) 2; Seven Eye Bridge (9-1) 3. Magnus (33-1) 3. 11 ran. shd, 11/4l. (R Hannon; 6-5 €1.60, €3.60, €1.50. exacta: €49.40. trifecta:
9-4 fav) 1; Crosspark (4-1) 2; Activial (3-1 2nd 1.15—TENEBRISM (J A Heffernan, 7-2 fav) 1;
H’cap 5 ran. 11l, 9l. (A M Thomson). Tote: £1.80; fav Knowwhentorun). Tote: £10.50; pl £2.70, €149.40. CSF: €33.32.
fav) 3. H’cap 7 ran. 23/4l, 1/2l. (Henry Oliver). Tote: £4.60, £7.30. exacta: £111.80. trifecta: £4536.80. Gaire Os Ard (11-2) 2; Lord Gorgeous (11-2) 3. 9
pl £1.20, £1.70. exacta: £5.10. trifecta: £18.30. 5.10—WONDER ELZAAM (L T McAteer, 5-1
£3.30; pl £1.80, £1.90. exacta: £10.80. tricast: CSF: £121.14. ran. 33/4l, 23/4l. (A P O’Brien). Tote: €3.50; pl €1.70,
CSF: £5.81. 2nd fav) 1; Silver Service (15-2) 2; Star Of Cashel
£26.26. trifecta: £44.60. CSF: £11.93. Non- 5.15—ANOTHER EMOTION (C Quinn, 15-2) 1; 3.05—THRONE HALL (K Stott, 9-2 jt 2nd €1.60, €1.90. exacta: €17.00. trifecta: €60.70.
runner: Gala Ball. (16-5 fav) 3; Zephron (15-2) 4. H’cap 16 ran. nk,
Event Of Sivola (6-1) 2; Exit To Where (9-2 jt fav) fav) 1; Taqareer (9-2 jt 2nd fav) 2; Secret CSF: €23.41. 3l, 2l. (Niall Egan). Tote: €6.30; pl €1.70, €2.10,
4.30—ALCALA (H Cobden, 3-10 fav) 1; Tanit 3. H’cap 11 ran. 91/2l, 14l. (W Greatrex; 9-2 jtfav Victory (5-1) 3; Sarvan (4-1 fav) 4. H’cap 16 ran. 1.45—ZEGOS SURPRISE (C D Hayes, 12-1) 1;
River (9-2 2nd fav) 2; 5 ran. 2l. (P Nicholls). €1.30, €2.00. exacta: €49.70. tricast: €143.59.
Oscar Ceremony). Tote: £8.60; pl £2.50, £1.90, 1 /4l, 4l, hd. (K Ryan). Tote: £4.30; pl £1.20, £1.80,
3
Ablah (7-1) 2; Lord Dudley (12-1) 3. H’cap 11 ran. trifecta: €149.80. CSF: €42.74.
Tote: £1.20; pl £1.10, £1.70. exacta: £2.60. trifec-
£2.30. exacta: £68.40. tricast: £229.09. trifecta: £1.60, £1.80. exacta: £22.50. tricast: £108.52. 11/2l, 21/4l. (M Mulvany; 7-2 jtfav Harry’s Hill, 7-2
ta: £2.50. CSF: £2.42. trifecta: £65.00. CSF: £22.92. Non-runners: jtfav The Last Knight). Tote: €16.40; pl €1.90,
Placepot: €234.10
£371.00. CSF: £52.95. Non-runners: Damiens
Placepot: £183.10 Dilemma, Sandhurst Lad, Well Smitten. Spirit Dancer, Thibaan. €4.10, €3.90. exacta: €121.80. tricast: €1047.92. (Race 1) 8, 5, 2; (2) 10, 5, 7; (3) 24,
(Race 1) 1, 7; (2) 1; (3) 1; (4) 7, 11, 10; 5.45—DOYEN DU BAR (H Brooke, 3-1 jt fav) 3.40—TAMBORRADA (James Doyle, 11-10 trifecta: €2451.60. CSF: €95.69. 21, 13; (4) 11, 2, 16, 4; (5) 4, 11, 10; (6) 1,
(5) 6, 1; (6) 8, 1; 1; Bert Wilson (7-1) 2; Tartan Cookie (14-1) 3. 10 fav) 1; Annandale (11-4 2nd fav) 2; Fairmac (11-2) 2.15—WATERCOLORMEMORIES (C T Keane, 2, 8;
Quadpot: £21.80 ran. 61/2l, 23/4l. (Miss P Robson; 3-1 jtfav Largy 3. H’cap 5 ran. nk, 21/2l. (C Appleby). Tote: £1.70; 10-3) 1; Notoriously Risky (11-4 2nd fav) 2; Sir Quadpot: €29.30
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£4,956 (3)
HURDLE
3m 2f 83yds
1F3 FLEMCARA (43) (F) E Lavelle 9 11 12 ............ T Bellamy
(5) THE SCOUT FONTWELL SSR 3.40 HANDICAP
1
CHASE
£3,594 (4)2m 1f 165yds
L84 CELTIC JOY (128) (D,F) E Lavelle 8 11 12 ................. B J Powell
(6)
1.50 Stepney Causeway 3.50 Rocco
1.50 NOVICES’ HURDLE 2 115 BANNIXTOWN GLORY (92) D McCain 7 11 11 ....... T Gillard(5) 2 FUP WENCESLAUS (17) D Bridgwater 9 11 7................. A Bellamy(7)
2.20 JEMIMA P (nap) 4.25 Our Rockstar THE SCOUT 3 10L BILLY’S ANGEL (19) A Murphy 9 11 5............................J Quinlan
£3,159 (Class 4) 2m 70yds (12 dec) 3 L2/4 RIO QUINTO (105) O Murphy 8 11 1 ...............A Coleman
2.50 Embole 5.00 Quivvy Lough 4 2P-P ELISEZMOI (19) G L Moore 7 11 3 ............................ Jamie Moore
1 110 ISOLATE (100) (D) A King 5 11 12 .................... T Cannon 4 3PL FONTLEY HOUSE (72) T R George 9 10 5 ..C Gethings
2 511 ● STEPNEY CAUSEWAY (14) (C,D) D Skelton 4 11 5 5 5FP ● HOLDBACKTHERIVER (35) E Williams 9 10 5 3.20 Holdbacktheriver 5.30 Get Sky High 1.40 Drakes Well 3.40 AWAY FOR SLATES 5 451 ● AWAY FOR SLATES (9) (C&D) M Harris 11 11 3 K Jones(3)
H Skelton Isabel Williams(5) 2.10 Acaro 4.10 Here’s Herbie 6 35F POSTMAN (38) J W Mullins 8 10 13.............................. M G Nolan
TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 1, 3, 4 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 2, 3. 2.40 Fidelio Vallis 4.40 Clondaw Robin TONGUE STRAP: No. 3 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 1, 3.
5.00
3 05 BOLD RED (21) D Bridgwater 5 11 0 ........M Bastyan(3) HANDICAP HURDLE (DIV 2)
4 8-54 FAITQUE DE L’ISLE (246) E De Giles 6 11 0 ......B Hughes W-Factor: Flemcara (135); Bannixtown Glory (129); 3.10 Bashful Boy 5.10 FURLOUGH ME (nb) W-Factor: Postman (120); Away For Slates (117); Celtic Joy (101).
5 F3 MILTIADES (67) H Daly 5 11 0........................... R Patrick Rio Quinto (119). £2,342 (5) 2m 6f 7yds (16) SP FORECAST: 2 Away For Slates, 5-2 Celtic Joy, 7-2 Postman, 8
1 6F-P WINTER SPICE (26) J Farrelly 10 11 12 ..M Bastyan(3) Elisezmoi, 10 Wenceslaus, Billy’s Angel.
6 17L RED MAPLE (35) Jonjo O’Neill 5 11 0 ........R McLernon SP FORECAST: 5-4 Flemcara, 7-2 Bannixtown Glory, 4 2 7L5 SISSINGHURST (16) R Potter 11 11 10 .........Ned Fox(10)
7 UP/P SIR WARRIOR (75) M Gates 10 11 0 ...... Mr Solomon Wood(7) Holdbacktheriver, 5 Rio Quinto, 14 Fontley House.
8 94 VOYBURG (15) K Bailey 5 11 0.............................Doubtful
3 LP4 FREDDY FANATAPAN (18) (D) W Kittow 6 11 9 ....D Noonan
4 13P ● QUIVVY LOUGH (147)(T) J Coulson 7 11 8 ...F Gregory(3)
1.40 MAIDEN HURDLE (GBB RACE)
£3,159 (Class 4)2m 3f 49yds (6 dec)
4.10 HANDICAP HURDLE
£3,159 (4)2m 5f 164yds (10)
9 0 ZUBA (F33) N Gifford 5 11 0 .......................W T Kennedy
10 ORDER OF ST JOHN (F164) D J Jeffreys 4 10 7 3.50 HANDICAP CHASE
£5,882 (3) 2m 6f 125yds (7) 56 P5L BOWSER (13) J Candlish 6 11 8 ..................Sean Quinlan
28-P VERY INTENSE (185) N King 10 11 8 .....M Kendrick(3)
K Woods 1 L77 BORN SURVIVOR (23) D Skelton 10 11 12 ..... H Skelton 7 485 POTTERS VISION (123) (F) E Lavelle 8 11 4 T Bellamy
1
2
3
550 BEMBRIDGE (69) O Sherwood 5 11 2............................J J Burke
0/F-8 BIG ‘N BETTER (24) M Madgwick 9 11 2................. M Goldstein
379 CASTLEDHEM (56) N Gifford 6 11 2 ............................J M Davies
1
2
105
GAME SOCKS (41) Dr R Newland 5 11 12 ...............C Leonard(7)
724
DISTINGO (42) G L Moore 8 11 9 ............................. Jamie Moore
11 0/3U TASHUNKA (12) F O’Brien 8 10 7 ...........M Kendrick(3) 2 282 ● ROCCO (25) (C) N Twiston-Davies 8 11 11 ....S Twiston-Davies 8 3F6 OUTISAID (14) Henry Oliver 6 11 2 ..S Twiston-Davies 4 4-22 ● DRAKES WELL (21) D Bridgwater 8 11 2 .............. B J Powell 3 P-L3
DELL ORO (19) D Steele 8 11 9 ......................................J M Davies
12 48 LIGHTNING BLUE (114) T R Gretton 4 10 0.... R T Dunne 3 233 MIDNIGHTREFERENDUM (31) A King 8 11 10T Bellamy 9 U06 BOHER LAD (116) (C) A Phillips 14 10 13 .D Hiskett(3) 5 5-63 WIRELESS OPERATOR (21) O Murphy 6 11 2............A P Heskin 4 420
ZAFAR (42) P Hobbs 6 11 9............................................. M G Nolan
4 PBP COLORADO DOC (51) D Brace 10 11 8 ...............S Bowen 10 5F0 BRIDEY’S LETTUCE (21) C & A Pogson 9 10 10 ....C Todd(3) 6 9R7 MR YEATS (6) M Harris 4 10 8 .............................................H Reed 5 303
JERSEY WONDER (19) (F) O Sherwood 5 11 9 ..........J J Burke
TONGUE STRAP: No. 2. 6 WHATTHEBUTLERSAW (70) (C&D) D F Davis 12 11 8 ...B Ffrench Davis(7)
686
W-Factor: Stepney Causeway (132); Isolate (126); 5 P/5F IBIS DU RHEU (41) R Hobson 10 11 8 . Paul O’Brien(3) 11 7B8 UKNOWWHATIMEAN (18) Cynthia Woods 7 10 10......J Best TONGUE STRAP: No. 5.
6 L43 BARON DE MIDLETON (38) (F) B Ellison 8 11 1 .... B Hughes 12 80P SEASEARCH (F57) C J Gray 6 10 9 ............ L Stones(7) W-Factor: Drakes Well (127); Wireless Operator (105); 7 933
● HERE’S HERBIE (69) Mrs S Gardner 13 11 5 . Lucy Gardner
Tashunka (119). 8 2P6
IF KARL’S BERG DID (10) M Harris 6 11 0 ............... K Jones(3)
SP FORECAST: 5-4 Stepney Causeway, 9-4 Isolate, 13-2 7 P47 WISHFULL DREAMING (166) S England 10 10 10 . J England 13 309 DAN GUN (34) D Skelton 7 10 9...................... H Skelton Bembridge (104).
SP FORECAST: 4-6 Drakes Well, 2 Wireless Operator, 10 Bembridge, 16 9 12L/
VIA VOLUPTA (1031) M Roberts 11 10 11 .........................J Bowen
Tashunka, 7 Faitque De L’isle, 16 Miltiades, Zuba, 25 Red Maple, TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 5, 7 CHEEK: No. 7 HOOD: Nos. 4, 5. 14 P/2P- THE MODEL COUNTY (485) A Phillips 11 10 5 10 906
PRESENTING YEATS (18) M Harris 5 10 2 ........................H Reed
33 Order Of St John, 50 Others. W-F: Born Survivor (142); Baron De Midleton (140); Rocco (139). C Gethings Castledhem, 50 Big ‘n Better, Mr Yeats.
TONGUE STRAP: No. 7 HOOD: No. 9.
SP FORECAST: 9-4 Midnightreferendum, 11-4 Rocco, 5 Born 15 900 ZAHRAANI (14) J R Jenkins 6 10 3 ................ E Edge(7)
2.20 HANDICAP CHASE
£3,594 (4)
Survivor, 13-2 Baron De Midleton, 8 Ibis Du Rheu, 10 Wishfull 16 P7P RATOUTE YUTTY (6) C Fryer 8 10 0 ................Doubtful
2m 3f 98yds (7) Dreaming, 14 Colorado Doc.
1 7P7 METEORITE (23) T Symonds 7 11 13 ...Lilly Pinchin(5)
BLINKERS: No. 16 VISOR: No. 3
2.10 HANDICAP CHASE
£2,505 (5)3m 1f 210yds
1 51P FRIENDS DON’T ASK (30) Martin Smith 6 11 12 ........J Quinlan
W-Factor: Here’s Herbie (124); Distingo (122); Game Socks (120).
(7) SP FORECAST: 3 Jersey Wonder, 4 Here’s Herbie, 9-2 Zafar, 11-2 Game
Socks, 6 Distingo, 14 If Karl’s Berg Did, Dell Oro, 16 Whatthebutlersaw,
TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 2, 4, 12 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 2, 11. 2 P-43 ● ACARO (9) R Walford 7 11 10 .................. Tabitha Worsley(5) Presenting Yeats, 25 Via Volupta.
2 0LF LUIS VAN ZANDT (16) S-J Davies 7 11 12 .... W T Kennedy
3 L33 NIGHTFLY (21) (D) C Longsdon 10 11 12 ........ B Hughes
4 2L1 ● JEMIMA P (20) (D,F) E Lavelle 7 11 12
4.25 HANDICAP HURDLE (DIV 1)
£2,342 (5) 2m 6f 7yds (16)
W-Factor: Zahraani (109); Sissinghurst (107);
Outisaid (105).
1 4L2 AFTER THE FOX (19) Mrs J Williams 6 11 12 .....Chester Williams(3) SP FORECAST: 11-4 Dan Gun, 5 Freddy Fanatapan, Potters
3 0P-P VITAL SIGN (14) R Rowe 8 11 8.....................................J M Davies
4 3PP NESSFIELD BLUE (20) (F) P G Murphy 7 11 5 .......... M D Grant
4.40 HANDICAP CHASE
£2,505 (5)2m 3f 104yds (6)
B R Jones(3) 2 93P ZERO TO HERO (34) D Skelton 6 11 11 ........... H Skelton Vision, 6 Sissinghurst, Outisaid, 12 Quivvy Lough, 14 The Model 5 L6P OAKLEY HALL (14) D Bridgwater 9 11 2 ............... A Bellamy(7)
6 35P ONLY GORGEOUS (69) Mrs S Gardner 12 11 0 1 L6P FRANKIE BABY (11) (F) W Greatrex 6 11 12 .............. G Sheehan
5 722 BRAVE JAQ (21) (C) R Potter 10 11 11 ................ B Poste 3 4L0 GUILLEMOT (32) H Daly 5 11 9 ......................... R Patrick County, 20 Very Intense, 25 Others.
6 215 JARLATH (20) (C&D) J W Mullins 10 11 9 4 04P THAIS TOIR (21) A Wintle 6 11 9.......................... B Poste Lucy Gardner 2 48-L PURE COUNTRY (21) Noel Williams 6 11 11....................T Garner
7 437 MONTY MASSINI (31) J Flint 10 10 0.............Charlie Price(5) 3 1-L6 ORCHESTRATED (151) (C,T) Lady S Brooke 10 11 5 ... Miss L Brooke(7)
7 U33- DOVER THE MOON (672) M Gates 10 10 0
D Sansom(3) 5 727 BILLY RAY (11) S England 6 11 8 ..................... J England

Shane Quinlan(5)
TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 3, 5 CHEEK PIECES: No. 3
HOOD: No. 5.
W-Factor: Jarlath (118); Nightfly (116); Jemima P (115).
SP FORECAST: 13-8 Jemima P, 3 Brave Jaq, 6 Jarlath, Nightfly, 9 293 SHAREEF STAR (136) P Bowen 6 11 0..............S Bowen 5 5 TEDDY THE KNIGHT (72) A Wintle 6 11 0 ....R T Dunne
Meteorite, 12 Luis Van Zandt, 50 Dover The Moon.
6 246 ● OUR ROCKSTAR (161) (C&D) A Ralph 7 11 8 5.30 STANDARD OPEN NH FLAT RACE
£1,906 (5) 2m 70yds (12)
A Edwards(3) 1 791 BRICKLAGGER (48) (D,F) E Lavelle 6 11 7 ... B Hughes
VISOR: No. 4 TONGUE STRAP: No. 2
CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 1, 5, 7.
4 203 EPISODE (27) G L Moore 7 11 4 ............................... Jamie Moore
5 233 ● CLONDAW ROBIN (14) A Irvine 8 10 3.......................J Bowen
6 9P0 DAPA LAD (46) S Curran 6 10 2 ..................................J M Davies
7 00L CANASTERO (126) P Hobbs 5 11 5........... B R Jones(3) 2 140- LITIGATE (400) (D) P Webber 6 11 7 ............... R Dingle W-Factor: Friends Don’t Ask (102); Nessfield Blue (101);
Oakley Hall (100). TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 4, 6 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6.
8 132/ BAYLEY’S DREAM (764) L Horsfall 12 11 2 3 52F AUCUNRISQUE (113) C Gordon 5 11 0............. T Cannon
Mr W Aprahamian(7) 4 7 NOAHTHIRTYTWORED (151) T Vaughan 5 11 0A Johns SP FORECAST: 7-4 Friends Don’t Ask, 9-4 Acaro, 8 Nessfield Blue, W-Factor: Clondaw Robin (106); Episode (105); Orchestrated (72).
Monty Massini, Oakley Hall, 12 Only Gorgeous, 14 Vital Sign. SP FORECAST: 11-8 Clondaw Robin, 6-4 Episode, 8 Frankie Baby, 10 Pure
Country, 16 Orchestrated, 20 Dapa Lad.
10 447 COACHELLA GREEN (29) S Drinkwater 9 10 11 .... A Cawley 6 6 VOLATORE (103) S-J Davies 5 11 0 ..........W T Kennedy

2.50 SELLING HURDLE

£2,342 (5) 2m 2f 148yds (9)
11 000 TAMANGO (26) O Murphy 5 10 10 ........... F Gregory(3) 7 2 CRYSTAL MOON (28) A King 4 10 7 .............. T Bellamy
12 17/P GABRIEL OATS (32) (C&D) A Phillips 12 10 9
J Nailor(3)
8 FABSTROKE N Twiston-Davies 4 10 7
S Twiston-Davies
2.40 BEGINNERS’
1
CHASE (GBB RACE)
£3,594 (4)2m 1f 165yds
552 AR MEST (32) G L Moore 8 11 0 .............................. Jamie Moore
(4) 5.10 STANDARD OPEN NH FLAT RACE
£1,906 (5)1m 5f 159yds (5)
2 8LL EL TORNADO (74) N Gifford 7 11 0..............................J M Davies 1 3 ● FURLOUGH ME (18) G L Moore 5 11 0 .............. Jamie Moore
1 17L CORRI LINDO (27) Henry Oliver 11 11 11 13 94-7 DONT PUSH IT PALL (18) Katy Price 8 10 9 9 132 ● GET SKY HIGH (48) D Skelton 6 10 7...... H Skelton 2 60 WEE RUPERT (80) N Gifford 5 11 0 .............................J M Davies
S Twiston-Davies Shane Quinlan(5) 10 GIGABIT (F) L Wadham 4 10 7 ........................A Coleman 3 242 ● FIDELIO VALLIS (103) P Nicholls 6 11 0 .........Bryony Frost
3 43 CAROLE’S TZARINA (42) (F) A Murphy 5 10 7 .........J Quinlan
2 11F ● EMBOLE (15) D Skelton 7 11 11 .................... H Skelton 14 44L DEFINITE WINNER (53) S Hodgson 10 10 6 ....M Bastyan(3) 11 F- HAND AND DIAMOND (387) J Groucott 6 10 7 4 L-9P GO ON BRYCEY LAD (141) T R George 5 11 0 ...T Doggrell(10) 4 6L9 JOEY’S GIFT (80) M Attwater 4 10 7...............N F Houlihan(5)
3 LLF FERROBIN (10) M Young 7 11 11 ..............................J Best 15 0P9 BIGBILLRIGLEY (31) A Phillips 7 10 5 ......D Hiskett(3) J Nailor(3) HOOD: No. 2. 5 INFITAAH D Steele 4 10 0............................................... B J Powell
4 212 FALBERTO (89) J Coulson 6 11 7............. F Gregory(3) 16 492 FRANZ KLAMMER (139) P Pritchard 9 10 1 .....A Thorne(5) 12 L22 OKHOTSK (42) Chris Honour 5 10 7 ..........B Carver(3) W-Factor: Ar Mest (139); Fidelio Vallis (108).
5 47L CHIEFTAIN’S CHOICE (10) (C&D) K Frost 12 11 1 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 2, 5 CHEEK PIECES: No. 3.
VISOR: Nos. 3, 9 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 10, 16 TONGUE STRAP: No. 12 HOOD: Nos. 6, 11. SP FORECAST: 8-13 Fidelio Vallis, 13-8 Ar Mest, 14 Go On Brycey Lad, 33 W-Factor: Furlough Me (116); Carole’s Tzarina (113); Wee Rupert
B Hughes CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 1, 11 HOOD: Nos. 2, 16. W-Factor: Get Sky High (118); Crystal Moon (112); El Tornado. (109).
6 4-66 CLEARLY CAPABLE (141) (D) A Carroll 12 11 1 W-F: Thais Toir (105); Tamango (104); Coachella Green (103). Okhotsk (111). SP FORECAST: 11-8 Furlough Me, 6-4 Carole’s Tzarina, 9-2 Wee Rupert,
7
8 233 MIZEN MASTER (F11) (C&D) S Hanlon 8 11 1
B R Jones(3) SP FORECAST: 4 Shareef Star, 9-2 After The Fox, Our Rockstar, SP FORECAST: 5-2 Crystal Moon, 3 Get Sky High, 6 Bricklagger,
GLACIER FOX (F80) M Chapman 6 11 1 .....Miss A Bell(7) 11-2 Billy Ray, 8 Canastero, 10 Zero To Hero, 12 Franz Klammer, 13-2 Okhotsk, 10 Fabstroke, 12 Gigabit, 14 Aucunrisque, 16 Teddy
16 Coachella Green, 20 Others. The Knight, Litigate, 20 Others.
3.10 HANDICAP
1 109
HURDLE
£3,159 (4)2m 1f 162yds
DAVE AND BERNIE (10) O Signy 6 11 12 .................... G Sheehan
(7) 16 Joey’s Gift, 25 Infitaah.
TRACK FACTS: GOING: Good. Left Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY (2016-
J Williamson(7) 2 144● BASHFUL BOY (23) (C&D) Suzi Best 5 11 12........... D Jacob 21): Jamie Moore 20% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2016-21): G
9 D6P KALAYA (12) F Brennan 5 10 8 ........................... B Poste TRACK FACTS: GOING: Good. Left Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY (2016-21): Sam Twiston-Davies 21% Strike rate. TOP TRACK 3 349SAMEER (23) T Lawes 5 11 7 ..............................................J Bowen L Moore 19% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 1.40 Wireless Operator (tongue
BLINKERS: No. 5 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 2, 8 TRAINER (2016-21): D Skelton 19% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 2.20 Dover The Moon (wind surgery), 3.50 Colorado Doc (hood), Baron De 4 430GIVE US A SWIG (23) S Curran 6 11 1 ......................H Bannister strap), 2.10 Nessfield Blue (visor), Friends Don’t Ask (cheek pieces), 2.40 El
CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 3, 8, 9 HOOD: No. 2. Midleton (wind surgery), 4.25 Canastero (wind surgery), Franz Klammer (wind surgery), Tamango (cheek pieces), Guillemot (visor), 5.00 5 048FIRST QUEST (F26) N Mulholland 7 11 1............................H Reed Tornado (hood), 3.10 Dave And Bernie (visor), 3.40 Billy’s Angel (cheek
W-Factor: Mizen Master (131); Chieftain’s Choice (126); Quivvy Lough (wind surgery), Ratoute Yutty (blinkers), 5.30 Hand And Diamond (hood), Volatore (hood). BEATEN FAVOURITES: 2.50 6 215PEACE PREVAILS (F15) J Boyle 6 11 0 ............N F Houlihan(5) pieces, tongue strap), Celtic Joy (cheek pieces, wind surgery), 4.40 Pure
Ferrobin (125). Embole(hcp hdl), Falberto(hcp hdl), Ferrobin. 4.25 Our Rockstar(hcp hdl). LONGEST TRAVELLER: Falberto (2.50) & Quivvy Lough 7 33 TAMARIS (119) G L Moore 4 10 7 ............................ Jamie Moore Country (cheek pieces), 5.10 Infitaah (tongue strap, wind surgery),
SP FORECAST: 15-8 Embole, 4 Mizen Master, 5 Ferrobin, 11-2 (5.00) 227 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 1.50 Order Of St John from Phillip Makin to D J Jeffreys. 2.50 Falberto from S Thomas to J Coulson. VISOR: No. 1 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 3, 5 Carole’s Tzarina (cheek pieces), Wee Rupert (tongue strap). BEATEN
Chieftain’s Choice, 7 Falberto, 15-2 Corri Lindo, 25 Clearly 4.25 Bayley’s Dream from John Aprahamian to L Horsfall, Zero To Hero from Mrs S Leech to D Skelton. 5.00 Dan Gun from D Brace CHEEK PIECES: No. 5. FAVOURITES: 2.40 Fidelio Vallis. LONGEST TRAVELLER: Orchestrated
Capable, 33 Kalaya, 100 Glacier Fox. to D Skelton. 5.30 Aucunrisque from Donnchadh Doyle in Ireland to C Gordon, Hand And Diamond from Zara Owen to J Groucott. W-Factor: Bashful Boy (122); First Quest (121); (4.40) 218 miles. STABLE SWITCH: No Qualifiers.
Dave And Bernie (120).
SP FORECAST: 9-4 Bashful Boy, 11-4 Tamaris, 7-2 Peace Prevails, 6
VITAL STATISTICS
WOLVERHAMPTON SSR 5.50 BETWAY HANDICAP
£2,862 (5) 1m 1f 104yds (9) 7.20 MEDIAN AUCTION MAIDEN STKS (DIV 1)
£2,862 (5) 7f 36yds (9)
Sameer, 10 First Quest, 12 Dave And Bernie, 25 Give Us A Swig.
IN-FORM TRAINERS (last 10 days) R Hobson 100% (1 wins and
JACKPOT: www.totepoolliveinfo.com
1 (6) 221 STARFIGHTER (16) (C&D) M Loughnane 5 9 9
R Kingscote
1
2
(4)
(7)
78- BUMMBLE BERRY (143) Jessica Macey 4 10 0 ......L Edmunds
6 ILE DE BREHAT (13) G Tuer 4 9 9 ................ S James GOSSIP FROM THE GALLOPS 3 places from 4 runners), T Davidson 80% (3/1/5), E Walker
2 (9) 8-43 GIUSEPPE CASSIOLI (16) M Botti 4 9 7 3 (5)0- AKKERINGA (142) S C Williams 3 8 13 ..Rossa Ryan 67% (1/3/6), P Phelan 60% (1/2/5), G Boughey 57% (1/3/7), C
B Curtis 4 (2)246- CUBAN DANCER (210) (F) M Johnston 3 8 13 ...B Curtis North: Midlands:
Gordon 56% (5/5/18), A Ralph 50% (3/3/12), A Watson 50%
THE SCOUT 3 (8) 613 HECTOR’S HERE (35) (C&D) I Furtado 5 9 7
Elle-may Croot(7)
5
6
(6)82-2 EMJAYTWENTYTHREE (10) R Hannon 3 8 13 ......S M Levey
(1) EXCEL POWER (F) A Watson 3 8 13 ...............H Doyle
STYLISH PERFORMER EMBOLE (2/2/8), G Tuer 50% (2/2/8), O Signy 50% (1/1/4), P Bowen 50%
4.50 Greek Kodiac 6.50 Numoor 4 (5) 91-4 FLYIN’ SOLO (31) (C&D) D Menuisier 4 9 6 7 (9)00- SIXCOR (106) M Channon 3 8 13 ......Rose Dawes(7) (7.20 Wolverhampton) (2.50 Stratford) (2/0/4), S C Williams 50% (1/4/10).
5.20 Chairman Power 7.20 Stylish Performer Rossa Ryan 8 (3)2 ● STYLISH PERFORMER (17) K Burke 3 8 13 .... C Lee West: Newmarket: IN-FORM JOCKEYS Mark Crehan 60% (2 wins and 1 places
5.50 Fierospeed 7.50 Al Qaasim 5 (1) 44-L SCHOOL OF THOUGHT (19) G Boughey 4 9 6 9 (8)37- GRANARY QUEEN (264) E J-Houghton 3 8 8 DANNY KIRWAN (2.00 CAROLE’S TZARINA
M Crehan(5) Georgia Dobie(5) from 5 runners), Daniel Hiskett 50% (1/2/6), Jack Mitchell 50%
6.20 Deep Impression 8.20 Epic Pass 6 (3) 59-2 ● FIEROSPEED (16) R Hannon 4 9 6.......S M Levey W-Factor: Cuban Dancer (72); Stylish Performer (67); Wincanton) (5.10 Fontwell) (6/3/18), James Doyle 50% (2/8/20), Marco Ghiani 50% (4/2/12).
7 (2) 4-15 HEAVEN FORFEND (13) M Bell 4 9 6..James Doyle Emjaytwentythree (66).

4.50 APPRENTICE HANDICAP

£2,862 (Class 5) 7f 36yds(9 dec)
1 (4) 7LL- GOBI SUNSET (165) M Johnston 4 9 10 .J Peate(7)
8 (4) 5L9 MABRE (9) P Evans 4 9 5 ..............................E J Walsh
9 (7) 571 CAPRIOLETTE (28) (C&D) E Walker 6 8 13
E Greatrex
SP FORECAST: 5-2 Stylish Performer, 3 Cuban Dancer, 4
Emjaytwentythree, 9-2 Excel Power, 8 Granary Queen, 14 Ile De
Brehat, 16 Akkeringa, 50 Bummble Berry, Sixcor.
F - Fontwell
S - Stratford INDEX Queen Of Thorns.......Wl
Quivvy Lough ............. S
Ranco .......................Wl
6.20
5.00
5.20
2 (9) LL3 SPRING ROMANCE (2) (C,D) M Appleby 6 9 10 BLINKERS: No. 3 TONGUE STRAP: No. 7. Wc - Wincanton Dangan Des Champs Wc 2.00 Ile De Brehat ............Wl 7.20
R Clutterbuck(5)
3 (2) L-44 BORN TO DESTROY (33) R Spencer 4 9 7
A Villiers(3)
W-Factor: Heaven Forfend (87); Mabre (86);
Giuseppe Cassioli (85).
SP FORECAST: 7-2 Flyin’ Solo, 9-2 Fierospeed, 5 Starfighter,
7.50 MEDIAN
1 (7)
AUCTION MAIDEN STAKES (DIV 2)
£2,862 (5) 7f 36yds (9)
32- ● AL QAASIM (279) D O’Meara 4 10 0 ........D Nolan
Wl - Wolverhampton Danny Bleu ...............Wl
Danny Kirwan ..........Wc
Dapa Lad ................... F
7.50
2.00
4.40
Illustrator.................Wl
Infitaah ..................... F
Iron Mike .................Wc
8.20
5.10
2.00
Ratoute Yutty ............ S
Red Maple.................. S
Rick Blaine ...............Wl
5.00
1.50
5.20
4 (8) L1L- MOLLY MAI (101) (C&D) P McBride 5 9 3 Hector’s Here, 6 Giuseppe Cassioli, 8 Capriolette, 10 Heaven 2 (8)49- BILLY MILL (179) R Hannon 3 8 13 ...........S M Levey Rio Quinto ................. S 3.20
Aasleagh Dawn ........Wc 3.30 Dashing Dick.............Wl 6.50 Isolate ....................... S 1.50 Rocco ........................ S 3.50
B Sayette(7) Forfend, 14 School Of Thought, 25 Mabre. 3 (5) DANNY BLEU M Channon 3 8 13 .... Oliver Timms(7) Dave And Bernie ........ F 3.10 Jack Ryan .................Wl 4.50
4 (6)0-0 DEW YOU BELIEVE (19) E Dunlop 3 8 13.....R Havlin Acaro......................... F 2.10 Roque It ..................Wc 2.00
5 (3) 8-48 ALIX JAMES (12) (D) G Boughey 4 9 3 After The Fox ............ S 4.25 Daytime Ahead ........Wc 3.00 Jarlath ...................... S 2.20
6 (7) 473 PORTUGUESEPRINCESS (13) A Watson 4 9 3
M Crehan(3)

Joanna Mason(3)
6.20 HANDICAP 3YO
£2,862 (5) 1m 1f 104yds (10)
1 (9) 432 ● DEEP IMPRESSION (18) M Johnston 9 9
5
6
7
(2)
(9)
5 G’DAAY (26) Joseph Parr 3 8 13 ...................B Curtis

(1)
SENNEN M Bosley 3 8 13 ...........................R Kingscote
3- TORRKEE (123) (F) S & E Crisford 3 8 13 .....James Doyle
Ajrad ........................Wl
Akkeringa .................Wl
Al Qaasim .................Wl
8.20
7.20
7.50
Deep Impression .......Wl
Definite Dilemma .....Wc
Definite Winner ......... S
6.20
2.30
4.25
Jedhi .......................Wc
Jemima P .................. S
Jennys Day ..............Wc
3.00
2.20
4.00
Saintemilion ............Wc
Sakhee’s Conquest ..Wc
Sameer ...................... F
2.30
1.30
3.10
7 (5) 542 CRITICAL THINKING (17) (C&D) D Loughnane 7 9 2 B Curtis 8 (3)7 COATOFMANYCOLOURS (30) R Guest 3 8 8 .....G Rooke(3) Sans Logique ............Wl 5.20
9 (4)6 SILENT FLAME (16) B Millman 3 8 8 ...........K O’Neill Alix James................Wl 4.50 Dell Oro ..................... F 4.10 Jersey Wonder .......... F 4.10
Laura Pearson(3) 2 (8) 342- TRICOLORE (186) M Botti 9 7..........................H Doyle Apres Dark ...............Wl 8.20 Dew You Believe .......Wl 7.50 Joey’s Gift................. F 5.10 Sashenka .................Wc 3.00
8 (1) 322 ● GREEK KODIAC (13) (D) M Bell 5 9 2 ..A Jary(7) 3 (3) 54L HE’S A DREAM (27) W Knight 9 6..........C Shepherd TONGUE STRAP: No. 1. Distingo..................... F 4.10 Just In A Muddle .....Wc 1.30 School Of Thought ....Wl 5.50
4 (4) 3-70 THE THUNDERER (70) M Botti 9 6 ......S Cherchi(5) W-Factor: Al Qaasim (73); Torrkee (72); Billy Mill (64). Ar Mest ..................... F 2.40
9 (6) 47L- JACK RYAN (J119) (D) J Ryan 4 8 9 .... Tia Phillips(7) Arabescato ...............Wl 5.20 Dont Push It Pall ....... S 4.25 Kalaya ....................... S 2.50 Seasearch .................. S 5.00
BLINKERS: No. 9 VISOR: No. 7 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 5, 8 5 (2) 835 THUNDER LILY (25) S Durack 9 6 ...............M Dwyer SP FORECAST: 13-8 Al Qaasim, 7-2 Torrkee, 5 G’daay, 6 Billy Mill, Sennen .....................Wl 7.50
6 (7) 84-1 LIBERATED LAD (76) I Williams 9 5......... D Probert Arthur’s Angel ..........Wl 6.20 Dover The Moon......... S 2.20 Kalyptra ..................Wc 1.00
CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 3, 6. 13-2 Danny Bleu, 20 Silent Flame, 25 Sennen, 33 Dew You Sergeant Major .........Wl 6.20
7 (1) 433 ARTHUR’S ANGEL (2) J Ryan 9 4 Believe, Coatofmanycolours. Aucunrisque .............. S 5.30 Drakes Well................ F 1.40 Kauto The King ........Wc 2.30
W-Factor: Portugueseprincess (89); Gobi Sunset (88); Away For Slates ......... F 3.40 Dream With Me .........Wl 5.20 Keep Moving ............Wc 2.30 Shareef Star .............. S 4.25
Spring Romance (85). Laura Pearson(5)

SP FORECAST: 11-4 Greek Kodiac, 7-2 Critical Thinking, 6 Molly
Mai, 13-2 Born To Destroy, 8 Portugueseprincess, Alix James, 10
Spring Romance, 14 Gobi Sunset, 20 Jack Ryan.
5.20 BETWAY HANDICAP
£2,862 (5)
1 (11) 245- LET RIP (152) E Lavelle 7 9 7 .........................C Fallon
2 (12) 7-12 GREENGAGE (44) (C,D) T Davidson 6 9 7 .... J Hart
3 (10) 4-34 BLOW YOUR HORN (33) C Fellowes 4 9 5
4 (7) 1-84 RANCO (44) D Pipe 4 9 4 ................C Hutchinson(7)
5 (3) 18/L ZUCKERBERG (14) J Candlish 5 9 3 ....... L Edmunds
6 (8) 315- LIFE MATTERS (193) R Hughes 4 9 3 ........... A Kirby
7 (6) 452- DREAM WITH ME (168) (F) M Johnston 4 9 3
8 (5) 8/9L- NEVER SURRENDER (135) (D) J Butler 7 9 2
9 (4) L57 RICK BLAINE (16) (D) S Lycett 4 9 1
10 (1) 321 ARABESCATO (30) (F) J Butler 4 9 0.....James Doyle 6 (4) 441- ● NUMOOR (159) (D,F) S & E Crisford 9 3
11 (9) 382- ● CHAIRMAN POWER (147) Sir M Stoute 4 8 13
12 (2) L53 SANS LOGIQUE (18) D Pipe 4 8 13 ........... D Costello 8 (7) 2-53 DASHING DICK (37) W Stone 9 0.......... M Ghiani(3) Life Matters(hcp). 5.50 Giuseppe Cassioli(hcp), Hector’s Here(hcp).
BLINKERS: No. 10 VISOR: No. 4 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 4, 9 9 (6) 225 DACESA (10) P Evans 8 11 ........................R Kingscote 6.20 Arthur’s Angel(hcp). 6.50 Dashing Dick(hcp), Letmelivemylife.
HOOD: No. 2.
W-Factor: Arabescato (87); Let Rip (86); Greengage (85).
SP FORECAST: 3 Arabescato, 7-2 Chairman Power, 6 Greengage, SP FORECAST: 7-2 Lovely Breeze, 4 Fiordland, 9-2 Numoor, 7 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 5.20 Arabescato from N Littmoden to J
7 Dream With Me, 8 Blow Your Horn, 10 Life Matters, Let Rip, 12 Letmelivemylife, Wobwobwob, 8 Praise Of Shadows, 10 Muay Butler. 6.20 Liberated Lad from Sir M Todd to I Williams. 7.50 Al
Sans Logique, 20 Others.
MOGUL could be given
❒ a break following his
run in the Dubai Sheema
Classic at Meydan on
Saturday.
The Aidan O’Brien colt
was sent off favourite in
what was a hot renewal of
the mile-and-a-half feature,
but finished seventh of the
nine runners behind Mishriff.
8 (6) 675- MUSTANG KODI (125) R Teal 9 1 ...............J Mitchell
9 (10) 412 SERGEANT MAJOR (13) (F) R Hannon 9 0
10 (5) 97L QUEEN OF THORNS (44) E Walker 8 6....... L Morris
1m 4f 51yds (12)
BLINKERS: No. 1 CHEEK PIECES: No. 7.
W-Factor: Arthur’s Angel (81); Sergeant Major (80);
SP FORECAST: 4 Liberated Lad, 5 Arthur’s Angel, Deep
Impression, 11-2 Tricolore, 6 Sergeant Major, 10 Thunder Lily, 12
S Donohoe The Thunderer, Mustang Kodi, 14 Others.
6.50
1 (8) 312- LOVELY BREEZE (170) (D) H Palmer 9 7
B Curtis
2 (2) 151- WOBWOBWOB (170) (D) A Keatley 9 6 .... S P Davis Oceanline, 8 Epic Express, 10 Ajrad, 12 Apres Dark, Babajan, 25
T P Queally 3 (1) 5-33 PRAISE OF SHADOWS (16) (D) M Botti 9 6..... H Doyle Others.
4 (3) 133- LETMELIVEMYLIFE (138) (D) A King 9 6 ...C Fallon TRACK FACTS: GOING: Standard. Left Handed. TOP TRACK
Elisha Whittington(5) 5 (5) 7-21 FIORDLAND (16) (C&D) J Ferguson 9 4 D Muscutt JOCKEY (2016-21): Luke Morris 11% Strike rate. TOP TRACK
S De Sousa 7 (9) 1L3 MUAY THAI (24) (C&D) R Hannon 9 3 .Rossa Ryan 8.20 Epic Express (cheek pieces). BEATEN FAVOURITES: 5.20
W-Factor: Dashing Dick (90); Dacesa (88);
Thai, Dashing Dick, 20 Dacesa.
It was a first outing for
Mogul since his victory in
the Hong Kong Vase at Sha
Tin in December.
O’Brien said: “Mogul ran
well considering he hadn’t
run for three months. He’s a
horse that progresses with
his racing.
“I think he won’t mind
coming back in distance
Rossa Ryan
The Thunderer (79).
HANDICAP 3YO
£4,347 (4) 7f 36yds
(9)
W-Factor: Illustrator (89); Ajrad (88); Apres Dark (87).
James Doyle SP FORECAST: 3 Illustrator, 7-2 Bertie’s Wish, 5 Epic Pass, 6
TRAINER (2016-21): P Evans 11% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 4.50
J Mitchell Born To Destroy (cheek pieces), 5.20 Rick Blaine (tongue strap),
7.50 Al Qaasim. 8.20 Ajrad, Epic Express, Illustrator(hcp). DRAW:
Lovely Breeze (87). Little effect. LONGEST TRAVELLER: Greengage (5.20) 186
Qaasim from W Haggas to D O’Meara.
HOOF PRINTS
either. He’s a very strong
traveller.
“There is not much for
him until Ascot and we don’t
want to run him on soft
ground. There is the
Tattersalls (Gold Cup), but
the ground can be slow
there and there is every
chance that he won’t appear
again until Ascot.”
8.20 LADBROKES
HANDICAP 3YO Babajan ....................Wl 8.20 El Tornado ................. F 2.40 Kendelu ...................Wc 1.30 Silent Flame .............Wl 7.50
Ballybough Nora ......Wc 3.30 Elisezmoi ................... F 3.40 Kilbrew Boy .............Wc 4.00 Sir Warrior ................ S 1.50
£4,347 (4) 1m 142yds (10) Bannixtown Glory ...... S 3.20 Embole ...................... S 2.50 Kost A Coat .............Wc 1.00 Sissinghurst .............. S 5.00
51-2 ● EPIC PASS (60) (C&D,F) M Johnston 9 7 ....B Curtis
1 (1)
2 (3)
3-LL COUL QUEEN (19) P Evans 9 6 ....................E J Walsh Baron De Midleton ..... S 3.50 Emjaytwentythree ....Wl 7.20 Let Rip......................Wl 5.20 Sixcor .......................Wl 7.20
Bashful Boy ............... F 3.10 Epic Express .............Wl 8.20 Letmelivemylife ........Wl 6.50 Sixteen Letters .......Wc 2.00
3 (2)
374- APRES DARK (121) M Botti 9 5 .......................H Doyle
4 (9)
243- OCEANLINE (121) A King 9 5.................... T P Queally
5 (5)
41-3 ILLUSTRATOR (33) J Tate 9 5 .............James Doyle
Bayley’s Dream .......... S
Bembridge ................. F
Bertie’s Wish ............Wl
4.25
1.40
8.20
Epic Pass ..................Wl
Episode ..................... F
Eros .........................Wc
8.20
4.40
4.00
Liberated Lad ...........Wl
Life Matters .............Wl
Lightning Blue ........... S
6.20
5.20
1.50
Spirit Of Sisra...........Wl
Spring Romance........Wl
8.20
4.50
6 (10)
323- AJRAD (156) E Dunlop 9 4 ............................. L Morris Starfighter ...............Wl 5.50
304- 7 (8)
SPIRIT OF SISRA (186) T Dascombe 9 4 ...R Kingscote Beyond The Pale ......Wc 2.00 Excel Power ..............Wl 7.20 Litigate ..................... S 5.30 Stepney Causeway ..... S 1.50
Big ‘n Better.............. F 1.40 Fabstroke .................. S 5.30 Lovely Breeze ...........Wl 6.50
8 (6)
46-1 BERTIE’S WISH (26) C Cox 9 3 ....................... A Kirby Stung For Cash ........Wc 1.30
9 (4)
142 BABAJAN (16) R Hannon 9 1 ....................Rossa Ryan Bigbillrigley ............... S 4.25 Faitque De L’isle ........ S 1.50 Luis Van Zandt ........... S 2.20 Stylish Performer .....Wl 7.20
10 (7)
525 EPIC EXPRESS (12) C Dwyer 8 13 ............S De Sousa
BLINKERS: No. 9 TONGUE: No. 2 CHEEK: No. 10.
Billy Mill ...................Wl
Billy Ray .................... S
Billy’s Angel .............. F
7.50
4.25
3.40
Falberto..................... S
Famoso ....................Wc
Ferrobin..................... S
2.50
1.00
2.50
Lure Des Pres ..........Wc
Mabre .......................Wl
Madam Deluxe .........Wc
1.30
5.50
4.00
Sweet Adare ............Wc
Tamango .................... S
Tamaris...................... F
3.00
4.25
3.10
Blow Your Horn .........Wl 5.20 Fidelio Vallis .............. F 2.40 Meteorite .................. S 2.20
Boher Lad .................. S 5.00 Fierospeed ...............Wl 5.50 Midnightreferendum .. S 3.50 Tashunka ................... S 1.50
Teddy The Knight ....... S 5.30
Bold Red .................... S 1.50 Fiordland ..................Wl 6.50 Miltiades ................... S 1.50
Born Survivor ............ S 3.50 First Quest ................ F 3.10 Mine’s A Pint ...........Wc 2.30 Thais Toir .................. S 4.25
The Knot Is Tied ......Wc 4.00
Born To Destroy........Wl 4.50 Flemcara ................... S 3.20 Mizen Master ............. S 2.50
Bowser ...................... S 5.00 Flyin’ Solo ................Wl 5.50 Molly Mai ..................Wl 4.50 The Last But One .....Wc 2.30
Brave Jaq .................. S 2.20 Fontley House............ S 3.20 Monty Massini ........... F 2.10 The Model County ...... S 5.00
Bricklagger................ S 5.30 Frankie Baby .............. F 4.40 Mr Yeats .................... F 1.40 The Thunderer ..........Wl 6.20
Bridey’s Lettuce ........ S 5.00 Frankincense ...........Wc 4.00 Muay Thai .................Wl 6.50 The Tithe .................Wc 1.00
Bummble Berry.........Wl 7.20 Franz Klammer .......... S 4.25 Mustang Kodi............Wl 6.20 The Wicket Chicken .Wc 3.30
Canastero .................. S 4.25 Freddy Fanatapan ...... S 5.00 Neil The Legend .......Wc 2.30 Thestopperdunne.....Wc 4.00
Capriolette ...............Wl 5.50 Friends Don’t Ask ...... F 2.10 Nessfield Blue ........... F 2.10 Three Socks Morgan Wc 1.00
Carole’s Tzarina ......... F 5.10 Furlough Me............... F 5.10 Never Surrender .......Wl 5.20 Three Ways ..............Wc 4.00
Castledhem ............... F 1.40 G’daay ......................Wl 7.50 Nightfly ..................... S 2.20 Thunder Lily .............Wl 6.20
Catchin Time ...........Wc 4.00 Gabriel Oats .............. S 4.25 No No Juliet ............Wc 3.30 Tiger Sam ................Wc 4.00
Celtic Joy .................. F 3.40 Game Socks ............... F 4.10 Noahthirtytwored ...... S 5.30 Torrkee .....................Wl 7.50
Chairman Power .......Wl 5.20 Get Sky High.............. S 5.30 Numoor ....................Wl 6.50 Tricolore ...................Wl 6.20
Champagne Ideas ....Wc 2.00 Getaway Cory ..........Wc 4.00 Oakley Hall ................ F 2.10 Triple Nickle ............Wc 3.00
Charlie Magri ...........Wc
Chetomian ...............Wc
1.00
1.00
Gigabit ...................... S
Giuseppe Cassioli .....Wl
5.30
5.50
Oceanline .................Wl
Okhotsk ..................... S
8.20
5.30
Uknowwhatimean....... S 5.00
Very Intense .............. S 5.00
Chez Hans................Wc 4.00 Give Us A Swig........... F 3.10 On Raglan Road .......Wc 4.00
❒ FELIX could do more
globetrotting in search
Chieftain’s Choice...... S
City Flame ...............Wc
Clearly Capable ......... S
2.50
4.00
2.50
Glacier Fox ................ S
Go On Brycey Lad ...... F
Gobi Sunset ..............Wl
2.50
2.40
4.50
Only Gorgeous ........... F
Orchestrated ............. F
Order Of St John ....... S
2.10
4.40
1.50
Via Volupta ................ F
Vital Sign................... F
Volatore .................... S
4.10
2.10
5.30
of prize-money after picking Clondaw Robin ........... F 4.40 Gold Link .................Wc 1.00 Organised Solution ..Wc 1.30
Voyburg ..................... S
Wee Rupert................ F
1.50
5.10
up £291,000 for finishing Coachella Green ........ S
Coatofmanycolours ...Wl
4.25
7.50
Granary Queen .........Wl
Greek Kodiac ............Wl
7.20
4.50
Our Rockstar ............. S
Outisaid ..................... S
4.25
5.00 Wenceslaus ................ F 3.40
third in the Dubai Turf at Colorado Doc ............. S 3.50 Greengage ................Wl 5.20 Peace Prevails ........... F 3.10 Whatsdastory ..........Wc
Whatthebutlersaw ..... F
3.30
4.10
Confirmation Bias ....Wc 1.00 Guillemot................... S 4.25 Portugueseprincess..Wl 4.50
Meydan. Corri Lindo ................ S 2.50 Hand And Diamond .... S 5.30 Postman .................... F 3.40 Winter Spice .............. S 5.00
“It was brilliant. We were Coul Queen ...............Wl 8.20 He’s A Dream ............Wl 6.20 Potters Vision ........... S 5.00 Wireless Operator...... F
Wishfull Dreaming...... S
1.40
3.50
Counteract ..............Wc 1.30 Heaven Forfend ........Wl 5.50 Powerful Position ....Wc 4.00
thrilled. It opens up more Critical Thinking .......Wl 4.50 Hector’s Here ...........Wl 5.50 Praise Of Shadows ....Wl 6.50 Wobwobwob ..............Wl 6.50
options for the future Crystal Moon ............. S 5.30 Here’s Herbie............. F 4.10 Presence Of Mind.....Wc 2.30 Zafar ......................... F 4.10
Cuban Dancer ...........Wl 7.20 Holdbacktheriver ....... S 3.20 Presenting Yeats ....... F 4.10 Zahraani .................... S 5.00
worldwide,” said trainer Cushuish ..................Wc 3.30 Hope You Do ............Wc 1.00 Primal Focus ............Wc 2.30 Zero To Hero .............. S 4.25
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1890: Blackburn’s William World Twenty20 after a ON THE

Townley became the first
man to score a hat-trick in THOSE WERE three-run defeat to
South Africa.
MOVE...
Leicester’s
an FA Cup final as Rovers
trounced Sheffield’s The
Wednesday 6-1.
1981: The first London
THE DAYS
ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY
2016: Remi Garde left his
position as Aston Villa
manager by mutual
consent.
Freddie
Steward
takes on
Newcastle’s
Marathon was staged. Will Welch
WBC welterweight bout at League. They 2017: Jo Pavey yesterday
Britain’s Joyce Smith won Wembley. finished with a received the first
the women’s race while the 2001: Sprinter John record-low total of global medal of
men’s title was shared by
Skeete was banned for two 11 points following her career – 10
American Dick Beardsley
and Norwegian Inge years by UK Athletics after just one win, eight years late – after
draws and 29 defeats. it was confirmed
Simonsen, who crossed the failing a drug test, even 2012: Stuart Lancaster she would be
line hand in hand. though the governing body
was appointed head upgraded to 10,000m
accepted he was “morally
1988: Lloyd Honeyghan coach of England’s bronze at the 2007
became the first British innocent”. Skeete’s dietary World Championships.
rugby union team.
boxer since Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis supplement had been 2014: England were Turkey’s Elvan
in 1917 to regain a world spiked with anabolic Abeylegesse, who
knocked out of cricket’s
title, beating Jorge Vaca of steroids by his father. finished second, had
Mexico with a knockout in 2008: Derby were PROMOTED: Pavey been disqualified
the third round of their relegated from the Premier moved up to third for doping.

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GEORGE FORD guided Leicester to
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Tigers handed Newcastle their fourth
straight Premiership loss.
But his 16-point haul was
overshadowed by an act of foul play
from a team-mate which went
unpunished and left Falcons director
of rugby Dean Richards incensed.
Newcastle prop Jon Welsh had been
wound-up by Ellis Genge as the teams
warmed up before kick-off.
And 13 minutes into the game he
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Tigers the lead. “I think Dean’s got a
massive point about Welsh,” said
former England star turned TV pundit
Ugo Monye.
“This is not a witch-hunt against any
one player, this is about player
protection, player safety and there was
no player safety there was there?”
Wiese, returning after a four-week
ban, was later yellow-carded for
leading with the shoulder as Leicester
were reduced to 13 men for a time
with George Martin also in the sin bin.
Ford kept a clear head throughout,
extending Leicester’s lead to 16-0 at
half-time and then using the wind to
launch spiral bombs which kept
Falcons at bay. The game was up for
Newcastle when the fly-half converted
Charlie Clare’s late try.
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with a 32-3 win at Richmond.
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❑LOUIS REES-ZAMMIT has been
short-listed for Player of the Six
Nations after Wales’ title win. Also
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Robbie Henshaw, Tadhg Beirne, Antoine
Dupont and Hamish Watson.

Trueman’s show
lauded by Powell
THAT’S A WORLD CUP HINT SAYS COACH
DARYL POWELL hailed his
flexible Tigers after Jake Trueman
and Paul McShane steered them
to an impressive opening win.
Castleford lost concussed
scrum-half Gareth O’Brien in the
21st minute, forcing hooker
McShane and loose forward Adam
Milner into positional switches.
But they went on to outplay a
disappointing Warrington side.
Coach Powell said: “We were
rattled a bit by Gaz being knocked
out – he was playing great.
“It’s vital you have people who
can make things happen, organise
and make sure the team knows
what it’s doing.
“Truey has come back a little
bit more mature. We’re seeing
with his game and decision-
making that he’s not looking to
make the big plays too often.
“He was our only half and I
thought he did an awesome job.
“It’s the World Cup at the end
of the year and he’ll want to be in
contention for that – he’s made a
good start today.
“Macca is a kicking nine and he
can fulfil that role at half if he has
to drop in.”
O’Brien will sit out Friday’s
clash with Leeds but scrum-half
Danny Richardson could be
available after a wrist injury.
The match pitted two coaches
who will leave their clubs at the
end of the season against each
other and, on this early evidence,
the Tigers look more likely to send
their boss out on a high.
Warrington were flat for long
periods and suffered the same
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attacking issues that plagued them
at the end of last year.
“It wasn’t the start we were
looking for,” said coach Steve
Price. “That hasn’t been a
reflection of how we’ve carried
ourselves over the pre-season.
“But we’ll get some good
valuable lessons out of today.”
Warrington trailed when Oliver
Holmes touched down in the
fourth minute, and despite
responding through Toby King’s
Hot Grub makes a feast
JOSH REYNOLDS lived up to the
pre-season hype to hand Brett
Hodgson a first win as Hull FC boss.
The Aussie playmaker, below,
nicknamed Grub, was in the thick of
it as he scored a try, sparked a
brief melee and made a
long-range break with his
shorts falling down.
The contributions of him
and Jake Connor were
more than enough to
account for a disappointing
Giants side missing their own
talisman in Aidan Sezer.
Hodgson said: “Josh is a
competitor and I said from day one I
thought he’d complement Marc
Sneyd. Josh will fight for everything.
You see his kick pressure and kick
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RONNIE O’SULLIVAN
was left with an
WORLD OF SPORT
unwanted record after a
Tour Championship THE BIG PICTURE
final drubbing from Neil CLASS ACT:
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The Australian got basketball
sweet revenge over the in the US
Rocket with a 10-4
victory at Celtic Manor,
having lost the the final
to O’Sullivan at this
event two years ago.
Robertson, 39, found
top form, knocking in
four century breaks.
And the defeat means
reigning and six-time
world champion
O’Sullivan, 45, is the
first player to lose five
ranking finals in the
same season.
HECTOR NUNNS
1. Who has replaced Frank Lampard as manager of Chelsea?
2. Which English golfer won the 2021 Dubai Desert Classic to claim his 15th European Tour title?
3. Who scored Leeds United’s winning goal in their 2-1 Premier League win at Newcastle United?
4. Who scored two tries for Northampton Saints in their 31-26 Gallagher Premiership win at
Gloucester?
5. Who smashed the world long jump record at the 1968 Olympics?
6. Who became Britain’s first men’s doubles champion at Wimbledon for 76 years in 2012?
7. Which British rider was World Superbikes Champion in 1994, 1995, 1998 and 1999?
8. Which British rower competed in five Olympic Games, winning three gold and two silver medals?
9. Which country won the first European Football Championship to be decided by a penalty shoot-out, in 1976?
10. Which former England cricket captain made 266 not out in a Gentlemen v Players match?
Beamon. 6 Jonny Marray. 7 Carl Fogarty. 8 Jack Beresford. 9 Czechoslovakia. 10 Jack Hobbs.
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meeting with ex-WBC title
holder Deontay Wilder.
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Despite calling out Third One Day International ENGLAND
India v England Mins Balls Runs
Wilder when he was PUNE: India beat England by 7 runs J Roy b Kumar .....................................4 6 14
champion, the Briton is INDIA
Mins Balls Runs
J Bairstow lbw Kumar .........................17
B Stokes c Dhawan b Natarajan ..........53 39
4 1
35
indifferent about a clash. R Sharma b Rashid ............................71 37 37 D Malan c Sharma b Thakur .............114 50 50
“Whoever wants the fight, S Dhawan c & b Rashid ......................80
V Kohli b Ali .......................................14
56
10
67
7
J Buttler lbw Thakur............................28 18 15
L Livingstone c & b Thakur..................40 31 36
I don’t care,” he said. R Pant c Buttler b Curran ....................79 62 78 M Ali c H H Pandya b Kumar ...............36 25 29
K Rahul c Ali b Livingstone .................27 18 7 S Curran not out ..............................134 83 95
H Pandya b Stokes .............................63 44 64 A Rashid c Kohli b Thakur ...................41 22 19
K Pandya c Roy b Wood ......................56 34 25 M Wood run out .................................60 21 14
S Thakur c Buttler b Wood ..................35 21 30
R Topley not out ...................................5 1 1
B Kumar c Curran b Topley..................13 5 3
P Krishna b Wood.................................4 3 0 Lb1 w12 ......................................................... 13
T Natarajan not out ..............................3 0 0 Total (9 wkts., 50 overs)............................... 322
Lb1 w10 ......................................................... 11 Fall: 14, 28, 68, 95, 155, 168, 200, 257, 317.
Total (48.2 overs) ......................................... 329 Bowling: Kumar 10-0-42-3, Natarajan 10-0-73-1,
Fall: 103, 117, 121, 157, 256, 276, 321, 328, 329. Krishna 7-0-62-0, Thakur 10-0-67-4, Pandya 9-0-48-0,
Bowling: Curran 5-0-43-1, Topley 9.2-0-66-1, Wood Pandya 4-0-29-0.
7-1-34-3, Stokes 7-0-45-1, Rashid 10-0-81-2, Ali 7-0-39- Umpires: A Chaudhary & N Menon.
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in vain as the tourists just missed “I’m massively competitive and Earlier, Rohit Sharma and
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a game they had no right to win. the way I played. to a terrific start, the opening pair
India triumphed by seven runs “The message was to try to showing they had learned from
in a thriller as Thangarasu take the game as deep as England’s ultra aggressive
Natarajan, right, held his nerve possible. It was a small style of batting in ODIs.
with England needing 14 off the boundary and a good And in this final match
final over, leaving the hosts with a wicket. the Indians simply did it
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sweep across all three formats. at the end, he got his six with Rishabh Pant and
Virat Kohli’s team had been in balls in the right area. Hardik Pandya keeping
complete control until Curran was “It is a massive learning the tempo high.
given a life on 22 by one of four experience for me. I’ve never England’s bowlers came in for
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Curran produced an innings resurrect a lost cause at 168-6, alongside Curran for the ninth
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BETTER over the line. But it showed
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sides has been worth it.
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FOR TIME “It will stand him in good
stead and it was great to
see him take us so close.”
“There’s a T20 World
Cup here soon so it has
been a great opportunity
said: “Sam played a really
good innings to keep them
in the hunt, but our bowlers
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BAHRAIN
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2 M Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull
3 V Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP
4 L Norris (Gbr) McLaren
5 S Perez (Mex) Red Bull
6 C Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari
7 D Ricciardo (Aus) McLaren +1m 06.004s
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FLAG DAY:
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opener
and, below,
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By Simon Cass
LEWIS HAMILTON finally has
the battle he has craved, the
chance to prove who is the boss in
a fair fight.
And as the fireworks burst into
the night sky over the Sakhir
circuit in Bahrain, it was first
blood to Hamilton – and a harsh
reminder to Max Verstappen that
dethroning a seven-time world
champion will need more than the
fastest car.
Hamilton has enjoyed that
advantage in recent years and
used it to spectacular effect.
But all the talk in the
build-up to this thrilling
season opener had
centred on how the
British racer
would
handle a second chance there is only
challenge to
his dominance
of Formula One.
The answer was
with flying colours.
Verstappen had the
fastest car and the
fresher tyres as he set
about hunting
Hamilton to the finish
line. But as the
chequered flag fell, it was
the No44 Mercedes at
the front… by 0.745
seconds.
For F1 fans it was
the nail-biting, nerve-
shredding finish they have
been awaiting for so long.
And it took every ounce
of Hamilton’s skill and
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54 Daily Express Monday, March 29, 2021 FOOTBALL: REMARKABLE REVIVAL Main Picture: BRADLEY COLLYER

SITTING Doyle volleys home his

Ferguson blown away 16th goal of the season

PRETTY to fire Bolton up to fourth
by magnificent seven
DARREN FERGUSON there are 30 points to
raved about his rampant play for. All we can do is
Peterborough team take care of our own
after they hammered four points as we now form,” said Johnson.
Accrington 7-0. have the same goal Hull drew 1-1 at
League One’s leading difference as home to Gillingham,
scorer Jonson Clarke- despite taking an early
Sunderland, which
Harris grabbed a lead when Tom Eaves
hat-trick and Sammie could be important.” headed in against his
Szmodics a brace, while Lee Johnson enjoyed former club. Substitute
substitutes Mohamed his return to Bristol as Olly Lee levelled from
Eisa and Idris Kanu also Aiden O’Brien’s close range.
got on the scoresheet as first-half strike kept up Joe Edwards fired
Posh moved to within a Sunderland’s push for home in stoppage time
point of leaders Hull. automatic promotion. to earn Plymouth a 2-2
“I couldn’t be more The former Bristol City draw at Blackpool.
boss saw his side beat

Trotters making a
delighted. What a Portsmouth won 2-1
magnificent relegation-threatened at Shrewsbury despite
performance,” said boss Bristol Rovers 1-0. having scorer John
Ferguson, above. “It “We’ve put ourselves Marquis sent off in the
feels like we’ve won in a great position, but 68th minute for a foul.

INJURY SPOILS ROVERS’ DAY

worthy comeback
KAIYNE WOOLERY fired Tranmere into in stoppage time. Cheltenham lost top
the automatic promotion places as his spot after a 1-0 defeat at Morecambe,
side drew 1-1 at home to Mansfield. with Liam McAlinden scoring the only
But the loss of captain Scott Davies goal. Southend manager Mark
to a suspected torn Achilles in the Molesley believes his team’s
first half soured Rovers’ day. battling 1-0 win at Harrogate
Tranmere assistant manager proved they have the fight to beat
Ian Dawes said: “I feel sorry for
BOLTON BID FAREWELL TO
the drop after Ashley Nathaniel-
him because he’s been a pivotal George’s goal wrapped up victory. FOREST GREEN 0
player all season.” “There’s a lot of hard work
BOLTON 1
GREAT MAGICIAN BUT ARE
Mark Bonner felt his Cambridge ahead of us but we will never give up
side were “outstanding” after they went and will keep fighting to the end,” said By Mike Walters
top with a 2-1 victory at Carlisle. Molesley, whose side narrowed the gap
THROUGH the painful years of
Substitute Adam May struck the winner on Barrow to three points.
decline, they were the only
Trotters who made Del Boy,
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HIGH

MOORE THAN JUST A RISER

Moore can
be an asset
at both ends
of the pitch
for Wales

SCORING THREAT
thanks to
his height

WALES are ready to unleash

powerhouse Kieffer Moore on
the Czech Republic – at both
ends of the park.
PAGE HAILS STRIKER course, that’s something we do
Aaron Ramsey, Page
has a formidable
unit.
“It’s horses for
The Cardiff City striker fired WALES 1 look into from a defensive courses – but we
himself into contention to start point of view. have strength in depth
tomorrow’s crunch World Cup MEXICO 0 “Kieffer is a big asset to have now and other players
qualifier with a beautifully By Harry Pratt in our team. There will be scoring goals,” he added
taken strike in a feisty friendly many reasons why we pick a after his third win in five
win over Mexico on Saturday. making life difficult. But he team on Tuesday and we take games as interim boss.
Wales caretaker manager competed really well. all those factors into account.” The Czechs’ 1-1 home
Rob Page admitted he can be a “Competition for places is Beating Mexico, currently draw against Belgium on
vital weapon, not just as an what you want as a manager. ninth in FIFA’s rankings, was a Saturday gives Wales more
attacking threat but also as a It’s refreshing to have it.” major boost for Wales after belief they can qualify for
way of combating the As for 6ft 5in Moore adding their 3-1 defeat by Belgium. Qatar 2022 automatically as
significant aerial danger posed extra height to a Welsh defence Having made 11 changes, it group winners.
by the visitors’ West Ham ace facing the equally-towering underlined that, even without “It’s a great result. The
Tomas Soucek. Soucek, Page admitted: “Of men such as Gareth Bale and perfect result for us,” said Page.
Asked if it would be hard to “But we’d be going into
leave Moore out, Page, who Tuesday’s game wanting to get
continues to shine as he LUCKY 13: the win, irrespective of other
Moore slots in
deputises for the absent Ryan Wales’ winner
results. Our approach doesn’t
Giggs, said: “Yes, absolutely. change.”
Kieffer is scoring goals and you ❏POLICE are investigating
take note of it. online racist attacks aimed at
“He’s a different type of Wales youngsters Rabbi
threat. I thought he was Matondo and Ben Cabango
excellent here. He didn’t get a after the match. The Stoke
lot of protection – Mexico were winger and Swansea defender,
physical and he had a sitting both 20, were targeted on
midfielder in front of him Instagram.

SPORT IN BRIEF
FIFA World Cup European CZECH REP (0) ... 1 BELGIUM (0) .....1 Group I HULL (1) ........... 1 GILLINGHAM (0).1 CRAWLEY TN (1). 1 PORT VALE (1) ...3 Scottish Championship GOLF
Qualifying Group A Provod 50 Lukaku 60 ALBANIA (0)....... 0 ENGLAND (1) .....2 Eaves 9 Lee 67 Nadesan 45 Conlon 13 ALLOA (1).......... 2 AYR (1) .............2 WGC - DELL TECHNOLOGIES MATCH
P W D L F A Pts Kane 38, Mount 63 MK DONS (0) ..... 1 DONCASTER (0)..0 Smith 65 PLAY (Austin, Texas)—Quarter-finals:
REP OF IRE (0) ... 0 LUXEMBOURG (0)1 Czech Rep ................. 2 1 1 0 7 3 4 Worrall 76 DUNDEE (1) ....... 3 DUNFERMLNE (2)2 (USA unless stated): V Perez (Fra) bt S
POLAND (1) ....... 3 ANDORRA (0) .....0 Harvie 76
Rodrigues 85 Belgium .................... 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 EXETER (1) ........ 1 SALFORD CITY (0)0 HEARTS (1) ........ 2 QN OF STH (2) ...3 Garcia (Spa) 4&3, S Scheffler bt J Rahm
Belarus ..................... 1 1 0 0 4 2 3 Lewandowski 30, 55 PETERBORO (3) .. 7 ACCRINGTON (0) 0 (Spa) 3&1, B Horschel bt T Fleetwood
SERBIA (0)......... 2 PORTUGAL (2) ...2 Swiderski 88 Jay 34 INVERNESS CT (0). 1 ARBROATH (0) ..... 0
Wales ........................ 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 Clarke-Harris 3, 9, 65 (Eng) 19 holes, M Kuchar bt B Harman
A Mitrovic 46 Jota 11, 36 Estonia...................... 2 0 0 2 4 10 0 SAN MARINO (0) . 0 HUNGARY (1).....3 Szmodics 23, 48 FOREST GRN (0) . 0 BOLTON (1) .......1 RAITH (0) .......... 1 MORTON (0) ......0 2&1. Semi-Finals: B Horschel bt V Perez
Kostic 60 A Szalai 13 (pen) Eisa 77, Kanu 82 Doyle 39 P W D L F A Pts (Fra) 3&2, S Scheffler bt M Kuchar 1up.
P W D L F A Pts Group F Sallai 71 SHRWSBURY (0). 1 PORTSMTH (2) ...2 GRIMSBY (1)...... 1 WALSALL (1) .....1 Hearts ..................... 22 14 4 4 50 24 46
Serbia ....................... 2 1 1 0 5 4 4 AUSTRIA (3) ....... 3 FAEROE ISLES (1)1 Nikolic 88 (pen) Ogbeta 52 Harness 25, Marquis 36 Raith ....................... 21 9 6 6 34 26 33 RUGBY LEAGUE
P W D L F A Pts Hanson 9 Lavery 45
Portugal .................... 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 Dragovic 30 Nattestad 19 WIGAN (0) ......... 0 IPSWICH (0) ......0 Dundee ................... 21 9 6 6 40 37 33 Betfred Super League
Luxembourg .............. 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Baumgartner 37 England..................... 2 2 0 0 7 0 6 HARROGATE T (0) 0 SOUTHEND (0) ...1 Dunfermline ............ 20 8 6 6 29 23 30
Hungary .................... 2 1 1 0 6 3 4 P W D L F A Pts Nathaniel-George 69 CATALANS D ....... 29 HULL K R ............ 28
Azerbaijan ................. 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Kalajdzic 44 Inverness CT ........... 22 7 9 6 28 23 30
Poland ...................... 2 1 1 0 6 3 4 Hull......................... 38 21 7 10 63 31 70 L ORIENT (2) ...... 2 OLDHAM (0) ......1 Queen of South........ 22 9 3 10 36 44 30 WAKEFIELD......... 22 LEEDS ................. 28
Rep of Ireland............ 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 DENMARK (5)..... 8 MOLDOVA (0).....0 Albania ..................... 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 Peterborough .......... 37 21 6 10 65 37 69 CASTLEFORD ...... 21 WARRINGTON ..... 12
Andorra..................... 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 Wilkinson 8, Kemp 43 McCalmont 61 Ayr .......................... 22 6 8 8 28 27 26
Dolberg 19 (pen), 48 Sunderland.............. 36 18 13 5 55 27 67
Group B Damsgaard 21, 29 San Marino ............... 2 0 0 2 0 8 0 Lincoln City ............. 37 18 8 11 55 40 62 MORECAMBE (1) 1 CHELTENHAM (0)0 Morton .................... 22 6 7 9 19 27 25 HULL .................. 22 HUDDERSFIELD ... 10
GEORGIA (1) ...... 1 SPAIN (0) ..........2 Portsmouth ............. 36 17 7 12 53 39 58 Arbroath ................. 22 5 7 10 17 27 22
Larsen 35 McAlinden 20 RUGBY UNION
Jensen 39 Group J Blackpool ................ 35 16 9 10 44 32 57 Alloa ....................... 22 4 6 12 26 49 18
Kvaratskhelia 43 Torres 56 STEVENAGE (0)... 2 BARROW (0) ......1
Skov 81 ARMENIA (0) ...... 2 ICELAND (0) ......0 Doncaster ............... 35 17 6 12 53 45 57 Scottish League One Gallagher Premiership
Olmo 90 List 53 Andrew 78
Ingvartsen 89 Barseghyan 53 Oxford Utd............... 37 16 8 13 51 43 56 BRISTOL ............. 35 HARLEQUINS....... 33
KOSOVO (0) ....... 0 SWEDEN (2) ......3 Bayramyan 74 Charlton .................. 37 15 11 11 54 50 56 Norris 87 (pen) AIRDRIEONIANS (1) 2 PARTICK (1) ......... 4
ISRAEL (1) ......... 1 SCOTLAND (0) ...1 LON IRISH........... 36 BATH .................. 33
Augustinsson 12 N MACEDONIA (1) ....5 LIECHTENSTEIN (0) ..0 Gillingham ............... 38 16 7 15 54 50 55 TRANMERE (1) ... 1 MANSFIELD (0) ..1 DUMBARTON (0) . 0 PETERHEAD (0) ..1
Isak 35
Peretz 44 Fraser 56 Ipswich ................... 36 16 7 13 39 37 55 Woolery 45 Quinn 76
WASPS ............... 19 SALE ................... 20
P W D L F A Pts Bardhi 7
MK Dons ................. 38 15 9 14 55 52 54
EAST FIFE (0) ..... 0 COVE (0) ...........0 WORCESTER ....... 14 NORTH’PTON ...... 62
Larsson 70 (pen) Denmark ................... 2 2 0 0 10 0 6 Trajkovski 51, 54
P W D L F A Pts Elmas 62 Accrington .............. 36 15 8 13 49 51 53 FA Trophy Semi-finals FORFAR (0) ........ 0 FALKIRK (1) ......2 LEICESTER .......... 26 NEWCASTLE........ 12
Austria ...................... 2 1 1 0 5 3 4 Crewe ..................... 36 14 9 13 44 46 51
Sweden ..................... 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 Scotland.................... 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 Nestorovski 82 (pen) HEREFORD FC (1) 1 WOKING (0).......0 MONTROSE (2) ... 2 CLYDE (2)..........2 P W D L B F A Pts
Fleetwood................ 37 13 11 13 41 32 50
Spain ........................ 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 Faroe Is..................... 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 ROMANIA (0)...... 0 GERMANY (1) ....1 Plymouth................. 38 13 10 15 49 60 49 NOTTS CO (2) ........3 HORNCHURCH (2) .3 P W D L F A Pts Bristol .......15 12 1 2 11 398 270 61
Greece ...................... 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Israel ........................ 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 Gnabry 16 Shrewsbury ............. 35 11 13 11 40 41 46 Hornchurch win 5-4 on penalties. Falkirk .................... 13 8 3 2 22 8 27 Exeter .......15 10 0 5 9 366 261 49
Georgia ..................... 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 Moldova .................... 2 0 1 1 1 9 1 P W D L F A Pts Burton Albion .......... 36 11 8 17 46 61 41 Cove Rangers .......... 13 6 3 4 16 10 21 Sale ..........15 10 0 5 6 341 273 46
Kosovo ...................... 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
Germany ................... 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 Swindon .................. 37 11 4 22 44 65 37 Vanarama National Lge Partick .................... 12 5 4 3 14 9 19 Harlequins 15 8 1 6 9 441 332 45
Group G Armenia .................... 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 Northampton ........... 38 9 9 20 32 54 36 CHESTERFLD (1) . 1 WEYMOUTH (0) ..0 Montrose ................ 13 5 4 4 21 19 19 North’pton 15 8 0 7 7 305 280 41
Group C HOLLAND (1)...... 2 LATVIA (0).........0 North Macedonia ....... 2 1 0 1 7 3 3 AFC Wimbledon ....... 36 8 12 16 36 59 36 Peterhead ............... 13 6 1 6 12 13 19
Romania.................... 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 DAG & RED (0) ... 1 TORQUAY (0) .....0 East Fife.................. 11 5 2 4 15 14 17 Lon Irish ...15 6 2 7 8 289 310 40
BULGARIA (0)..... 0 ITALY (1) ...........2 Berghuis 32 Wigan ..................... 37 9 8 20 39 64 35 Leicester ...15 8 0 7 3 316 319 37
L de Jong 69 Iceland...................... 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 Bristol Rovers .......... 38 9 7 22 36 60 34 FC HALIFAX (1)... 2 SUTTON UTD (0) .2 Airdrieonians ........... 12 5 1 6 19 16 16
Belotti 43 (pen) Liechtenstein............. 2 0 0 2 0 6 0 Rochdale ................. 36 7 11 18 46 67 32 Dumbarton .............. 11 3 2 6 5 12 11 Bath..........15 7 0 8 8 341 413 36
MONTENEGRO (2)4 GIBRALTAR (1) ...1 KING’S LYNN T (0) 2 EASTLEIGH (1)..... 1 Clyde ...................... 10 3 1 6 12 24 10 Wasps .......15 6 0 9 7 323 381 31
Locatelli 82 International Matches
Beciraj 25 Styche 30 (pen) Sky Bet League Two MAIDENHEAD (0) 0 ALTRINCHAM (0) 1 Forfar ..................... 12 2 3 7 6 17 9 Newcastle .15 6 0 9 2 221 264 30
SWITZERLAND (1) .1 LITHUANIA (0).....0 Simic 43 WALES (1) ......... 1 MEXICO (0) .......0 P W D L F A Pts
SOLIHULL M (1).. 1 ALDERSHOT (0) ..0 Gloucester.15 4 0 11 9 325 395 25
Shaqiri 2 Tomasevic 53 Moore 11 Cambridge .............. 38 20 7 11 57 35 67 Scottish League Two
Jovetic 80 Worcester .15 3 0 12 6 208 376 18
P W D L F A Pts N IRELAND (0).... 1 USA (1).............2 Cheltenham ............. 37 19 8 10 48 34 65 STOCKPORT (0) .. 1 HARTLEPOOL (0) 1 ALBION (0) ........ 1 ANNAN ATH (0) ..1
Italy .......................... 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 NORWAY (0) ...... 0 TURKEY (2) .......3 McGinn 88 Reyna 30 Tranmere ................ 37 18 9 10 51 42 63
BRECHIN (0) ...... 0 QUEEN’S PRK (2)2 Greene King IPA Ch’ship
Bolton ..................... 37 18 9 10 48 43 63 WREXHAM (2) .... 3 BROMLEY (0).....0 BEDFORD ............ 20 JERSEY REDS ...... 25
Switzerland ............... 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 Tufan 4, 59 Pulisic 60 (pen)
Lithuania................... 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Soyuncu 28 Forest Green ........... 37 17 11 9 49 38 62 YEOVIL (3) ......... 3 BARNET (0) .......1 COWDENBTH (1). 1 STRANRAER (0)..1 DONCASTER ........ 17 CORNISH PIRATES15
N Ireland ................... 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 P W D L F A Pts UEFA European Under-21 Morecambe ............. 37 18 8 11 52 49 62 P W D L F A Pts EDINBURGH C (1) 3 STENHSMUIR (0) 1
Turkey ....................... 2 2 0 0 7 2 6 Championship Group D Newport County ....... 36 16 9 11 46 37 57 NOTTINGHAM...... 24 COVENTRY .......... 36
Bulgaria .................... 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 Sutton Utd............... 29 18 7 4 51 26 61
Montenegro............... 2 2 0 0 6 2 6 CROATIA (1) ....... 3 SWITZERLAND (0)2 Exeter ..................... 36 15 11 10 60 42 56
Hartlepool ............... 32 16 9 7 41 28 57 ELGIN (0) .......... 1 STIRLING (0) .....1 EALING T ............ 75 HARTPURY RFC... 19
Holland ..................... 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 Leyton Orient........... 37 15 8 14 42 40 53 P W D L F A Pts RICHMOND ............3 SARACENS .......... 32
Group D Ivanusec 9 Imeri 80 (pen) Salford City ............. 36 13 12 11 41 30 51 Torquay ................... 29 15 6 8 48 31 51
Norway...................... 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 Moro 62 (pen) Kulenovic 90 (og) Stockport County..... 29 13 9 7 41 26 48 Queen’s Park ........... 11 9 2 0 23 5 29
KAZAKHSTAN (0) 0 FRANCE (2) .......2 Latvia........................ 2 0 0 2 1 4 0
Crawley Town .......... 36 14 9 13 48 47 51
Wrexham................. 29 13 8 8 40 28 47 Edinburgh City ......... 12 7 1 4 27 16 22 Guinness Pro14
Vizinger 65 Bradford ................. 36 14 9 13 40 41 51
Dembele 19 Gibraltar ................... 2 0 0 2 1 7 0 PORTUGAL (0) .... 2 ENGLAND (0) .....0 Notts County ........... 26 13 7 6 36 22 46 Stirling .................... 11 6 4 1 18 9 22 GLASGOW ........... 46 B TREVISO .......... 25
Stevenage ............... 38 11 16 11 33 33 49 Stranraer ................ 13 6 4 3 22 15 22
Maliy 44 (og) Carlisle ................... 35 14 6 15 47 44 48 Chesterfield............. 28 14 3 11 40 28 45 DRAGONS ........... 24 EDINBURGH ........ 17
Group H Mota 64
FC Halifax ............... 29 12 8 9 45 35 44 Elgin ....................... 11 6 1 4 20 12 19
UKRAINE (0) ...... 1 FINLAND (0) ......1 Trincao 74 (pen) Harrogate Town ....... 37 14 6 17 40 42 48 Stenhousemuir ........ 11 4 3 4 17 17 15 Guinness Pro14 Grand Final
CROATIA (1) ....... 1 CYPRUS (0) .......0 P W D L F A Pts Scunthorpe ............. 36 13 6 17 38 45 45 Eastleigh ................. 29 11 10 8 35 31 43
Moraes 80 Pukki 89 (pen) Pasalic 40 Bromley .................. 29 11 8 10 43 42 41 Annan Athletic ......... 12 2 4 6 10 16 10 LEINSTER............ 16 MUNSTER ............. 6
P W D L F A Pts Portugal .................... 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 Oldham ................... 38 12 9 17 55 64 45 Cowdenbeath........... 10 2 3 5 7 16 9
RUSSIA (2) ........ 2 SLOVENIA (1).....1 Croatia ...................... 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 Port Vale ................. 38 12 8 18 49 52 44 Altrincham .............. 32 11 8 13 37 40 41 SNOOKER
France ...................... 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 Maidenhead Utd ...... 26 11 6 9 40 37 39 Albion ..................... 11 2 1 8 11 25 7
Dzyuba 26, 35 Ilicic 36 Switzerland ............... 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 Mansfield ................ 38 9 17 12 45 49 44 Brechin ................... 12 1 1 10 5 29 4 TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Newport,
Finland...................... 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 England..................... 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 Walsall .................... 37 8 17 12 39 46 41 Boreham Wood ........ 29 9 12 8 35 33 39
SLOVAKIA (0) ..... 2 MALTA (2) .........2 Wales)—Semi-Final: R O’Sullivan (Eng) bt
Ukraine ..................... 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 Colchester............... 38 8 15 15 36 53 39 Yeovil ...................... 31 11 6 14 45 51 39 CRICKET B Hawkins (Eng) 10-9. Final: N
Bosnia-H ................... 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Strelec 49 Gambin 16 Sky Bet League One Barrow .................... 36 10 8 18 42 46 38 Dag & Red ............... 29 10 7 12 28 36 37 FIRST TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL— Robertson (Aus) bt R O’Sullivan (Eng)
Kazakhstan ............... 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Skriniar 53 Satariano 20 AFC WIMB’DN (0) 1 NORTHMPTN (0) 0 Southend ................ 38 8 11 19 23 50 35 Aldershot ................ 28 10 5 13 36 43 35 New Zealand v Bangladesh 10-4.
P W D L F A Pts Pigott 88 Grimsby .................. 37 7 11 19 28 55 32 Solihull Moors ......... 27 9 5 13 27 36 32
(Hamilton): New Zealand 210-3
Group E Russia ....................... 2 2 0 0 5 2 6 BLACKPOOL (0) .. 2 PLYMOUTH (1) ...2 CARLISLE (0) ..... 1 CAMBRIDGE (1) .2 Woking.................... 27 8 7 12 26 30 31
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BELARUS (1) ...... 4 ESTONIA (1) ......2 Slovenia .................... 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 Wealdstone ............. 28 8 5 15 34 57 29 ATP & WTA MIAMI OPEN (Miami,
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PAT ON BACK: McGregor salutes Fraser
FRASER SAVES
CLARKE’S DAY
ISRAEL 1 SCOTLAND 1
SCOTLAND are going to need more than
battling draws if they are to add World Cup
qualification to their achievement in
reaching this summer’s Euros.
For the second time in four days they
were thankful for a point – with Ryan
Fraser rescuing them, this time in Tel Aviv.
The Scots were not at their best and fell
behind to Dor Peretz’s piledriver a minute
before half-time.
But just as they did against Austria in the
Group F opener – when they twice came
from behind – Steve Clarke’s side fought
back with character, if not quality.
A handful of Scottish fans, presumably
ex-pats, had found their way into the
stands for the 5,000-capacity game.
They saw the home side dominate the
first period and while Peretz’s goal was
well struck, goalkeeper David Marshall
should have done better.
Manager Clarke brought on Ryan
Christie for Jack Hendry at the break
and was rewarded when Che Adams set
up Fraser and he beat Ofir Marciano
with a right-foot strike.
Ronaldo’s fury
CRISTIANO RONALDO insisted he will
“never change” after storming off the
field for being denied a stoppage-time
winner in Portugal’s 2-2 World Cup
qualifying draw against Serbia.
As Ronaldo celebrated his goal, it
was ruled out by the referee, even
though the ball seemed to cross the line
after Stefan Mitrovic slid in to clear.
Manchester City’s Ferran Torres was on
target as Spain won 2-1 in Georgia, while
Manchester United’s Anthony Martial
sustained a knee injury during France’s 2-0
victory in Kazakhstan.
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REP of IRELAND
LUXEMBOURG
0
1
By Paul O’Hehir
IRELAND’S World Cup mission
is in tatters after two games but
Stephen Kenny remains defiant
and does not fear the sack.
The Republic suffered one of
the most humiliating nights in
their history when minnows
Luxembourg scored late to win in
Dublin. It was a slow-motion car
crash from start to finish. A
proper shambles.
With five minutes to go Gerson
Rodrigues fired a low, long-range
winner past 19-year-old
goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu on his
senior debut.
That Bazunu was Ireland’s best
player tells its own story as the
Grand Duchy could have won by
more. Skipper Seamus Coleman
ripped into his sorry team-mates
and said: “It’s a shocking result,
an embarrassment. There are no
words. That’s on us as players.”
Kenny has yet to win in 10
games since succeeding Mick
McCarthy last April. Ireland have
three measly goals from those
matches. On Saturday, the
KENNY DEFIANT
AFTER DISGRACE
Captain America shows Tuch of class
CHRISTIAN PULISIC delivered
a reminder to Chelsea manager
Thomas Tuchel as he helped the
USA extend their undefeated run
to eight games.
Pulisic was the stand-out talent
at Windsor Park, winning and
converting a penalty.
The US captain has made just
three starts under Tuchel and his
goal was his first since December
5. It helped extend Ian
Baraclough’s winless start to 10
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Manager expecting to keep
his role despite Republic’s
humiliation by Luxembourg
makeshift attack was led by
James Collins and Callum
Robinson, players who cannot
get into the Luton and West Brom
teams.
Ireland were missing four key
starters through injury, but the
performance was inexcusable.
Bottom of this World Cup
group with six games to go, it is a
long way back for Kenny and
his team, with a trip to
Portugal up next in
September. Yet Kenny is
confident he will still be
manager by then – and
the FAI are expected
to stand by their
former Under-21
boss.
Kenny said: “We
all have setbacks and
I’ve absolute
conviction that I’m
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 USA 2
games, yet the Northern Ireland
manager insists they are
progressing.
“I hate losing games of
football, but I’ll take the flak for
the players,” he said.
“I know we’re going in the
right direction and I know we’re
putting together and integrating
a really good group of players.”
The visitors’ opener after 30
capable of doing a very good job.
But on this evidence that doesn’t
back it up and we have to do a
hell of a lot better.”
Unlike previous Ireland
managers, Kenny has a wider
remit with a position on the FAI’s
RED ALL OVER: Luxembourg
players show their delight
SINKING Rodrigues scores stunning
winner and, left, Kenny
IRELAND urges his players on
minutes came against the run of
play and Giovanni Reyna’s shot
deflected in off Ciaron Brown.
The penalty on 59 minutes was
soft as Dan Ballard got the ball.
But without VAR to overturn the
decision, Pulisic got up and beat
Conor Hazard from the spot.
Substitute Niall McGinn scored
the goal the Irish deserved two
minutes from time with a superb
half-volley.
DAVID ANDERSON SPOT ON: Pulisic after scoring
executive committee and
considerable say in shaping age-
group structures.
It is a long-term project and
goodwill remains for the former
Dundalk boss. Kenny added: “I
don’t think it’s up to me to
convince people. We have to get
better results and better
performances. I have to accept
the criticism and fight harder.”
Tomorrow, Ireland face World
Cup hosts Qatar in a friendly in
Hungary before two away
friendlies in June against as yet
unknown opponents.
But the six remaining World
Cup qualifiers from September
onwards will determine whether
Kenny stays beyond
campaign when his deal expires.
this
“We’re unlikely to win the
group, of course, but have to
put ourselves in
contention,” he said.
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (3-4-1-2):
Bazunu 6; Coleman 4, O’Shea 4, Clark 3
(McClean 61, 4); Doherty 3 (Brady 46,
4), Knight 4, Cullen 3 (Molumby 88),
Stevens 4; Browne 4; Robinson 4
(Long 73, 5), Collins 5 (Parrott 88).
LUXEMBOURG (4-1-4-1): Moris 6;
M Martins 6, Chanot 6, Mahmutovic
6, Jans 6; C Martins 6; V Thill 7
(Deville 79), O Thill 6, Barreiro 6,
Rodrigues 8; Sinani 7 (Gerson 90).
Goal: Rodrigues 85.
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ON THE

Cool Hand
ATTACK
Luke Shaw
takes on
Elseid Hysaj
and made
an impact
up front with
his assist

Luke’s bid
for Euros
has legs
ENGLAND COULD DO
WITH A SHAW THING
LUKE SHAW marked his
return from the international
wilderness after two-and-a-
half years’ absence by
delivering with silver platter
and white gloves for England
last night.
All great strikers need great
service and the cross which
invited Harry Kane to end his
England drought and put
Gareth Southgate’s side on
course for victory in Tirana
was a ball that had ‘despatch
me’ written in bold red
capitals upon it.
Kane duly obliged with a
flourish but the England
captain owed a debt of
gratitude to the reborn,
recalled Shaw.
“The last two years I’ve
been watching the games
really regretting not being able
to take my chances when I had
them,” said Shaw. “I’m just so
happy to be back. It’s a great
By Neil Squires
feeling to be back in and
around the team.
“When you are playing with
Harry Kane, you know he is
going to be in the box and if
you get it in that area he will
always be there and he was.
“It was a great header by
him and a crucial time for us
to get the opener and settle
things down.”
It was in truth a drab,
underwhelming encounter but
the one elevated moment of
clarity from Shaw showed
why he is back on the scene.
Like England, the
Manchester United full-back
was not perfect – he gave
possession away a couple of
times and defensively went
untested with the visitors in
control – but in his left foot he
has a weapon of mass
destruction and he detonated
it expertly just when his side
needed it.
Up to that point they had
been struggling to unpick the
five-man home rearguard,
with the fast-flowing passing
game they played against
San Marino slowed by a
reluctance to move possession
forward quickly on the long
grass at the Air Albania
Stadium.
A request to give it a short
back and sides by England
ahead of the game had been
politely rejected. Grass-roots
football was back ahead of
schedule.
Strong growth is evidently
all the rage in Albania
these days, a country where
beards were once outlawed
under the eccentric Enver
Hoxha regime.
Facial hair is plentiful in the
current Albanian line-up.
Shaw favours the stubbly look,
GOOD TO Shaw
loved his return and
is now battling it out for a
BE BACK place with Chilwell, below
a burly gunslinger down the
left for club – and now country
– again. Cool Hand Luke has
been one of United’s most
consistent contributors this
season and his recall is well
deserved and well timed with
the Euros looming.
Whether Southgate goes for
a defensive quartet or quintet,
England will need a left-sided
defender and Shaw may now
just have his nose in front of
Ben Chilwell as to who wins
the starting role on Wednesday
against Poland at Wembley.
Whoever does so will be in
the box seat for the Euros.
“Of course I’d love to be in
the Euros squad. I think every
single English player would,”
said Shaw.
“Chilly played the other
night and was outstanding but
competition for places is great
and I’ll just keep pushing
myself.”

Boothroyd under pressure as U21s flop yet again

ANOTHER toothless showing,
another dreadful defeat as Aidy
Boothroyd’s side flopped again in
the Euro finals.
Dany Mota gave a vastly
superior Portugal side the lead
after 65 minutes and Francisco
Trincao sealed the win, leaving
England with only an extremely
slim chance of qualifying for the
knockout stages.
The results will trigger an
inquest at the FA over how
Boothroyd, right, has won just
two games out of nine at Euro
finals. Man-of-the-match Mota,
DAN THE MAN:
Dany Mota who plays for Italian club Monza,
scores Portugal’s ran England ragged and left the
CAPT: Helv Bd
first goal Three Lions bottom of Group D.
Only a big win against Croatia on
PORTUGAL U21 2 ENGLAND U21 0
Wednesday will give them any
hope, and they will rely on the
result of the Switzerland versus
Portugal game.
In reality it’s a likely repeat
of the failure in 2019, and
is likely to end
Boothroyd’s reign as
boss. When Mota slid
past Aaron Ramsdale,
England still hadn’t had
a shot on target in open
play in two and a half
hours of play at the Euros.
Trincao made sure for Portugal
with a 74th minute penalty after
Marc Guehi clipped the ankle of
Goncalo Ramos. England’s
campaign got off to a dreadful
start with Boothroyd admitting
this side were too safe in getting
one shot on target against
Switzerland and losing.
And it got much worse here.
A vow to go all out for
goals hit a snag when
Callum Hudson-Odoi,
the only player with
senior experience in the
squad, was left out with
a “slight” shoulder
injury.
“We couldn’t risk him in
this game but he will be back
for the Croatia game. We were
really disappointed,” said the
head coach. There was a U21
debut for Noni Madueke, at 19
the youngest in the squad. The
PSV Eindhoven star was
described as a “tricky customer”
by Boothroyd, who added: “He
makes things happen and scores
a goal. His age is immaterial
when you can play like he can.”
But it was mainly pedestrian
and the Three Lions failed to get
a shot on target in the whole
game with, once again, the men
in white failing to take
responsibility to make something
happen.
Group D was blown wide open
by Croatia beating Switzerland
3-2, meaning no side could
qualify or be officially eliminated
after two games.
SIMON BIRD
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ENGLAND MOW
HITTING
A PEAK
Mount
keeps a
cool head
as he clips
the ball over
Berisha to
make it 2-0

FISTFUL OF JOY: Captain Kane

We are not
the finished
article yet,
admits Kane
FROM BACK PAGE
spells where everything you
touch goes in, and sometimes it
doesn’t quite go your way,” said
the Tottenham forward.
“I had a few off the line in
that spell and an offside goal I
didn’t think was offside.
“That is part of being a striker,
you have to be focused on doing
your job for the team.
“Thankfully, we did that in
this game and it is great to get
three points.
“I thought it was a really good
performance. We were maybe a
bit slow at the start but we
changed our formation and that
helped.
“We need to keep working
hard. We are not the finished
article yet but we are in a good
place.
“We’ve won two games –
people expected us to win but
we had to go out and do it.
“Poland will be the toughest
game in the group but we are
ready for that.
“It’s a quick turnaround so it
is all about recovery in the next
few days.
“If we can win that, we go a
few points ahead in the group.
“That puts us in a great
position going into the games
after the Euros.”
But England manager Gareth
IN TRUTH there were times when
spending Sunday afternoon cutting
the grass might have been more fun
than watching this.
ALBANIA
ENGLAND
0
2
Pitch needed cut but Gareth’s
Southgate admitted there were
areas where the team still needs
to improve.
“I didn’t like the way we
But the Albanians refused an
official FA request to trim the pitch
of their Air Albania Stadium,
By Matthew Dunn
back-pass and he ball was fed across
boys still sow seeds of hope
managed the game in the last 15 preferring to spend the 90 minutes to Myrto Uzuni on the edge of the
minutes,” he said. in a spectacle-destroying hack area but, thankfully, the shot was way Kane spun 270 degrees around self-centred in the San Marino
“We charged forward when through the rough with their well over the bar. It would have Freddie Veseli – starting behind him duck-shoot last week but against
we didn’t need to and there was opponents. been a very different game then appearing round the back of Albania was teeing up team-mates
a throw-in at the end that we The important thing, just three otherwise. him to nod the ball perfectly into at every opportunity.
nearly conceded a goal from. months before a major tournament, As it was, England just needed the far corner – that made England’s A pull-back for Phil Foden was
“I’m pleased with the win but is that the result was exactly the that moment of world class to crack opener unstoppable. met with a fierce shot which the
there are areas we can certainly same. it. Hello Harry Kane! In fairness, he missed an even Albania goalkeeper Etrit Berisha
tighten up on. We witnessed impressive, Having watched most of the 30 easier chance four minutes later. did well to deflect against the base
“What pleased me was that comfortable and comprehensive win shots against San Marino go to Raheem Sterling’s deep cross of the post.
we adapted well to the difficult for Gareth Southgate’s team. waste, and after 16 months since his enabled him to sneak in unsuspected It was a slightly embarrassing mis-
pitch and controlled the game In the opening exchanges, last England goal, Kane was hungry. at the far post only to fire his shot kick in front of goal that should
well. England were clearly struggling to Luke Shaw’s 37th-minute cross against the underside of the crossbar have enabled Kane to add to his
“We changed the shape of the exert their superiority when every was inviting enough. But it was the and away. Sterling seemed a little bit tally after the break – perhaps not
midfield well and looked pass had an element of lottery. an assist to be proud of. Then finally
comfortable after that.” Mason Mount hit an horrendous COOL HAND LUKE’S EUROS BID - P57 it was his good work that won the
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RIVALS DOWN
ENGLAND
PLAYER
ANALYSIS
(4-3-3) By Matthew Dunn
POPE 7
Little to do on his way to his sixth
clean sheet but willing to get involved
when needed.
WALKER 7
USED HIS An early sighter tested the goal-
GROUP I HEAD: keeper and looked comfortable as
P W D L F A Pts Kane ever in right-back role.
ENGLAND 2 2 0 0 7 0 6 cleverly
HUNGARY 2 1 1 0 6 3 4 nips in STONES 7
POLAND 2 1 1 0 6 3 4 to score Might have caused more trouble from
ALBANIA 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 set pieces but no slips at the back on
ANDORRA 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 a difficult pitch.
SAN MARINO 2 0 0 2 0 8 0
MAGUIRE 6
Seemed comfortable enough back
alongside his old mucker Stones but
got clattered by Pope.
SHAW 8
Fantastic cross for Kane’s headed
opener – brought his United from
straight to Tirana,
MOUNT 8
Early mistake almost let Uzini through
but his energy meant he saw plenty of
the ball and used it well.

ALABNIA v ENGLAND
29 POSSESSION % 71
0 SHOTS ON TARGET 4
1 SHOTS OFF TARGET 4
1 BLOCKED SHOTS 1
1 CORNERS 5
13 FOULS 12
3 YELLOW CARDS 2 PHILLIPS: Played a key role
0 RED CARDS 0
Source: Opta PHILLIPS 6
Seemed to get himself further more
as first half wore on – key for a
second defensive midfielder.
RICE 6
Little bit too sideways. Dropped deep
but then needed to provide more
forward thrust.
STERLING 7
Teed up great chances for Kane, Foden
and Mount at times, but only Mount
accepted the invitation.
KANE 9
A goal – and what a finish that was –
and an assist. What more, or less, do
you expect these days?
ball high up the pitch, picked out world’s best teams without
Kane and allowed the England having to throw in an extra OUR FODEN 7
captain to add an assist to his goal centre-back for good luck. HERO: Produced testing shot early in the
by picking out Mount to finish And once they had found their Mount is second half that hit the post –
coolly over Berisha. feet amid the long grass, Mount hailed for another lively performance.
That two-goal cushion was and Foden looked to have the his strike
vital qualification-wise. Unlike energy to pull an international SUBSTITUTES
recent campaigns, there is defence out of shape, giving WARD-PROWSE (for Phillips 70)
added jeopardy in that only England more chances to score and LINGARD (for Foden 81)
the team finishing top of the taking less of the pressure off a
table are guaranteed to go to clean sheet. ALBANIA
the World Cup in Qatar. A few learning points, slipped
So the first thing to bring in beneath the baggage Berisha 7; Hysaj 7, Ismajli 7, Djimsiti 7,
back from the trip to Albania allowance. A bit more cynicism Veseli 5; Laci 6 (Ramadani 89), Bare 5
was all three points. in the final stages would not go
(Memushaj 71) Memolla 6 (Gjasula 59,
Anything on top of that amiss.
was a bonus. Southgate will probably try 5); Cikalleshi 6 (Manaj 59, 5), Broja 6,
Southgate, right, managed to introduce that back home Uzini 7.
to sneak back through customs ahead of the Poland game.
with a back four that looked After all, one more match
like it believed it could work – towards Euro 2020, he has never BOOKED – ALBANIA: Bare, Hysaj,
perhaps he will have the been one to let the grass grow Gjasula. ENGLAND: Walker, Kane.
freedom after all to face the beneath his feet. GOALS – ENGLAND: Kane 38, Mount 63.
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LEW KNOW THAT I’M STILL TOPS

LEWIS HAMILTON warned Max Verstappen
express.co.uk/sport he is still at the peak of his powers after trying to make sure that timing is
winning the season-opening Bahrain Grand everything,” said the world champion.
Ford drives Tigers Prix in spectacular style.
Red Bull were quicker all weekend
ounce of his experience to ensure he
took the chequered flag in first place.
HAMILTON:
“I think I am at [my peak] and Max is
also doing really well at the moment, so it
home - Page 50 and Verstappen started on pole. But
Mercedes driver Hamilton used every
“Each year they are talking about
when you’ve hit your peak – and I’m
Off to flier
in Bahrain
is going to take everything and more. We
TURN TO PAGE 53, COLUMN 4

BUTTLER’S
ALBANIA 0 2 ENGLAND SO PROUD
OF SUPER

IN POLE SAM SHOW

By Dean Wilson
SAM CURRAN was hailed for a
“never-say-die” attitude that so
nearly carried England to a first
series win in India for 37 years.
His thrilling 95 not out in a
seven-run defeat at Pune had
the entire England camp on their

POSITION
feet at the boundary edge.
From a seemingly hopeless
position midway through the
innings, Curran stood tall.
He took on the bowling and
almost stole the third and final
ODI from under India’s nose,
only to miss out at the death.
“We’re very proud of the way
Sam played. He showed exactly
what we’re about as a team in
the way he went about it,” said
stand-in captain Jos Buttler
after England narrowly
CELEBRATION TIME: failed to reach their
Sterling, Kane and 330-run target and
Foden are jubilant after lost the series 2-1.
second goal from Mount “Bowlers who
can bat have been a
huge part of us as a
side – and a
never-say-die
attitude to take
games deep – so
even though we
TURN TO PAGE 52,
COLUMN 4

BAT MAN:
Curran hit
95 not out

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England goal drought as the
Three Lions secured back- “not the finished article”, he
to-back victories in World said a win over Poland at

Kane helps make Cup qualifying.

The skipper scored his first
international goal since
Wembley on Wednesday
would put them in a “great
position” for the European
November 2019 and made Championship this summer.

it two wins in row the other one for Mason

Mount in Albania. But while
“I have always said that
as a striker you go through
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BIG MONDAY CROSSWORD
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1 Fictional setting of the David Jason detective 1 Atmospheric temperature at which moist air 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
series A Touch of Frost (1992-2010) (6) becomes saturated and water droplets begin to
4 Referee in professional cycle racing, often form (8)
observing races from an open-topped 2 In India and other South Asian countries, a
vehicle (11) subdivision of a district for revenue purposes;
9 Large stocky Australian kangaroo also known as from Urdu and Persian, ‘estate’ (5)
9 10
the euro (Macropus (or Osphranter) robustus) (8) 3 Edible seaweed of the genus Porphyra often used
10 Region and former province of NE France in Japanese cookery, as for wrapping sushi (4)
designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 4 Cucumber-like fruit of the tropical vine Sechium
2015 along with the nearby Burgundy (9) edule, eaten as a vegetable in the West Indies
11 See 30 Down and Australia (5)
5 Tropical American tree of the chinaberry family 11 12 13 14
12 US space programme that sent two unmanned
probes to study the outer planets of the solar (Meliaceae) yielding a hard reddish-brown
system in August and September of 1977 (7) timber; genera Swietenia and Khaya (8) 15
14 Sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, from 6 London building that housed the General
which the Greek omicron was derived (4) Register Office of births, marriages, and deaths
17 Titular character of a US comic strip created by from 1836 to 1970 (8,5) 16 17 18
Harold Gray in 1924, played by Aileen Quinn in a 7 State of northern Brazil on the border with French
1982 film (5) Guiana; capital, Macapá (5)
8 Indian maharaja who founded the Sikh kingdom 19 20
18 In chemistry, any compound that reacts with an
acid to form a salt, or dissolves in water to form of the Punjab in 1801; known as the Lion of the
hydroxide ions (4) Punjab (6,5) 21
19 Title of the Virgin Mary used especially in the 13 Any of various single-celled fungi of the genus
Eastern Orthodox Church; from Greek, ‘god- Saccharomyces and related genera, capable of
converting sugar into alcohol and carbon 22 23
bearer’ (9)
21 Membrane-lined cavity behind the nose and dioxide (5)
15 English poet of the Metaphysical school best 24 25 26
mouth connected to the middle ears by the
remembered for the 1633 collection The
eustachian tubes (7) Temple (6,7)
22 and 33 Fresh soft unripened cheese of northern 16 Defined arrangement of data encoded in a file for 27 28
French and southern Belgian origin, similar to the storing, printing, display etc. (6)
German quark (7,5) 18 God of the north wind in Greek mythology,
25 Annual Muslim festival marking the end of the married to the Athenian princess Orithyia (6)
pilgrimage to Mecca, also known as Greater 20 Eurasian plant of the cabbage family
Bairam (3-2-4) (Brassicaceae) cultivated for its pungent edible 29 30 31 32 33 34
27 Horizontally woven threads in weaving, typically root; Armoracia rusticana (11)
the only ones visible in a final product (4) 23 Port city at the mouth of the Amazon in northern
28 Of or relating to the deepest parts of the ocean, Brazil, capital of the state of Pará (5) 35
typically below 6000 metres (18,000 ft) (5) 24 Jovian moon discovered by 12’s science team in
29 ‘Love comforteth like sunshine after ___’ 1979; the second-closest to the planet after
(Shakespeare Venus and Adonis (1593) (4) 36 37
Metis (8)
31 Temperature scale in which the freezing point of 26 Unit of length equal to one hundred-millionth of a
water is 0° and the boiling point is 80°, named centimetre, used mainly to measure
after the French naturalist who introduced it in electromagnetic wavelengths and atomic
1730 (7) distances (8)
33 See 22 30 and 11 Across Tennis player who defeated 38 39
36 Measure of frequency of sound and radio waves Jennifer Brady to win the Women’s singles title at
equivalent to 1000 cycles per second (9) the 2021 Australian Open (5,5)
37 Joaquin ___, Dominican statesman; president of 32 Wholly shaded inner region of a shadow cast by
the Dominican Republic 1960–62, 1966–78 and an opaque object, as during a solar eclipse (5) NAME
1986–96 (8) 34 Subgenre of reggae music incorporating rap
38 Name by which Oslo was known from 1624 to
1877 in honour of the king who had it rebuilt (11)
monologues and electronic beats, originating in
Jamaica in the 1980s (5)
ADDRESS
39 Third compartment of a ruminant mammal’s 35 Highest adult male singing voice, typically having
stomach, also known as the psalterium and
manyplies (6)
a range from the F or G below middle C to the
second D above (4)
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ARROW-WORD Letitia _,
soap star Ring of
light Face cloth
Scottish
isle
Northern
province
Four-
yearly
event (4,4)
Recollect

Arrow-words are like crosswords, but the clues are printed

_ Jenner,
inside squares on the grid. Write your answers in the pictured

blank squares in the direction indicated by the arrows. Sheep's Whichever Male
Solution tomorrow Inherent cry Waken
Adjust relative

Consume
entirely

WORDSEARCH Afflict or Women's

Single
(3,2)

Refute
harass underwear Plant Banquets
grower
E P K R A D L O P L Z S H M A Madcap
comedy
T P M N C J P E A P E I H A N Big bird

I O A O N R N N G H P X T E X Sleep
Napping
Slack Beer
Garden
noisily Streetcar Girls _, plant
N C S S U I D E C A T U T R S pop group

A L U U T S A A W H T C W C U Substance
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European
mountain

R S W R E I E C F Q E N A D F
Former Public Cuban River
Spanish Long story transport mouth Entreaty
G U U N S B E H I J U A I E I currency vehicle
dance
area

L R D E W E H S O A J A V T S Barter Greek
Scheme
Consume island
O F Z C G L N R Q L M D Y T H
Managed
X B H W V J P I Q Y E A U O I African
Begin
again
Mugs
Lotion
river
L O M L Y N O N M I R A J L N
Welsh
Runner Haughty
A A K N E C N A Z N E P S C G mountain

S R M D A Q A O M Q I N E B P Wheat Injure with Neckwear Offend, Terrible

spike a knife item affront trial
O D E D R A Z I L E H T V H C
S T M I C H A E L S M O U N T Insect
Quentin _,
pictured

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Stand-in _ Owen,
doctor soap actor

BEACHES ● CLOTTED CREAM

EDEN PROJECT ● FISHING ● GRANITE Avoid

JAMAICA INN ● LAND’S END ● MOUSEHOLE

NEWQUAY ● PASTIES ● PENZANCE Poorly Claw Meadow
POLDARK ● ST MICHAEL’S MOUNT
SURF BOARD ● THE LIZARD ● TIN MINES
TINTAGEL ● TRURO Sum

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THE ALPHABEATER ARROW-WORD MENTATHLON ANSWER SUDOKU EASY SUDOKU MEDIUM SUDOKU DIFFICULT
Black squares: 1, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, Across: Exeter, Late, Hail, Celt, Natal 2 6 8 7 4 3 1 9 5
19, 22, 28, 30, 34, 38, 40. Sri, Eire, Toil, Lot, Days, Eel, NATO, 9 7 3 2 5 1 8 4 6
Across: Fighting, Talk, Wharf, Mock, Rebound, Aria, The Piano, Awe, DITLOIDS 1 4 5 8 6 9 7 2 3
Offal, Jet, Strove, Drop, Mesh, Nosier, Good, Blind, Etna, Err, Angola, Set,
Yak, Zebra, Oust, Quips, Itch, Light, Kendal, Amy, Cue, Assam, 5 Books in the Psalms, 5 Books 7 3 4 1 9 6 5 8 2
Peddling. Down: Film, Outre, Exit, Lennon, Hoe. in the Torah, 5 Faces to the God 8 1 9 5 3 2 6 7 4
Sub, Hawkmoth, Rack, Jelly, Nerve, Down (left to right): Ace, Hal, Shiva, 5 Pillars of Islam, 5 Wounds 6 5 2 4 7 8 3 1 9
Acute, Think, Calf, Disposal, Fur, Skua, Niece, Felicity, Brewing, Nun, Tale, of Jesus Christ.
4 8 1 6 2 5 9 3 7
Obeys, Twig. Oslo, Pen, Olden, Wet, Lei, Uri, 3 2 6 9 8 7 4 5 1
Delia, Reptile, Raglan, Endanger, 5 9 7 3 1 4 2 6 8
THE ALPHAPUZZLE Ella, Root, Stash, Tai, Once, Mao, TRIVIA WORDSEARCH
Two, Aida, Thyme. 1 Ana Matronic 2 Gromit 3 The Power BATTLESHIPS KAKURO KEIJO
Across: Pharaoh, Sill, Idol, Boom, Shaded letters: White Cargo 4 Dorothy Parker 5 Jack 6 Cambridge
Ergo, Parlour, Requirement, 7 Charles Darwin 8 Harpsichord
Volcano, Pipe, Drug, Yaps, Lull, WORDS 4 3 1
Exactly.
9 Hydrophobia 10 Three. 8 7 9 1 2 2
Down: Isobar, Zephyr, Few, Plump, Tonal 1 4 2 2 9 7
SUMTHING
Verse, After, Llama, Lyric, Audio, 5 1 7 1 2 1 3 4
Aloft (clue), Hiker, Oddly, Any, MUDDLESOME 6x4=24, 2x5=10, 3x9=27 9 1 7 9 8 4 6
Gloomy, Juggle.
Mr Mistoffelees, Old Deuteronomy, SMALL CROSSWORD
4 3 2 1 8 2 1
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Bombalurina.
Across: 1 Sapphires, 7 Tuna, 8 Plaza, 6 8 9 8 6 9
Across: 5 Mork, 7 Adrian, 8 Dench, 10 Pun, 11 Manner, 13 Minnesota, 3 1 2 5 1
1 2 4 3
11 Devil, 12 Osbourne, 13 Khan, CLOCK-WISE 14 Snorer, 16 Ran, 18 Egged, 19 Eden,
15 West, 16 Malcolm, 17 Cats, 20 Desperado. QUICK CROSSWORD TARGET
18 Alyson, 21 Reed, 22 Elle. Rota, tape, pest, star, arty, tyro. Down: 1 Stammered, 2 Au fait,
Down: 1 Edie, 2 Barlow, 3 Webb, 3 Pawn, 4 Ilk, 5 Rapport, 6 San Across: 6 Slander; 7 Repel; 9 Scowl; AUGMENTED agendum amen amend augment
4 Sharon, 5 Michael, 6 Ryan, 10 Beguile; 12 Proficiency; AUGMENTED dame damn datum deem
QUIZ OF THE WEEK Marino, 8 Preened, 9 Innings, demean emend endgame enema game gamed
9 Joss Stone, 10 Delia, 14 Lucas, 12 Stewed, 15 Over, 17 Pep. 14 Masculinity; 18 Vacancy; 19 Swoon;
17 Carr, 19 Lee, 20 One. 21 Scald; 22 Outrage. gamete gamut geum made magnet mane
1 Liverpool 2 Edmondson maned mange mate mated mead mean meant
TV show: Marcella 3 Dancing In The Moonlight 4 Seven CROSS DOUBT Down: 1 Slack; 2 Answer; 3 Net;
meat meet mega mend menu mete meted
5 Val Kilmer 6 Conservatives 7 77 4 Peruse; 5 Reflect; 8 Descent; mung mutagen mute muted name named
Across: RERUN 11 Afflict; 13 Balance; 15 Cradle;
8 SpongeBob SquarePants 9 1960s Down: UNFIT nutmeg tame tamed tandem team teamed
10 Mike Moran. 16 Tawdry; 17 Rough; 20 Cut. teem unmade unmated unmet untamed
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23 Exactly where the varnish spreading around lake (8) ADDRESS
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goes (2,3,4) 17 End of paragraph on page
24 Don’t eat, holding English not changing shape (8)
banquet (5) 19 Pantomime is nearly a POSTCODE
25 Excellent beer, back in game (7) 25 26
official clothing (7) 20 Part of the parade is LAST THURSDAY’S SOLUTION
26 Loving to call after a drifting (6) ACROSS: 1 Grenadier, 6 User, 10 Tight, 11 Subdomain, 12 For
party (7) 21 Sound of racetrack is real, 13 Cop shop, 14 Literary agent, 17 Power steering,
27 Air there somehow uncouth (6) 27 28 21 Scallop, 22 Assault, 24 On average, 25 Bream, 26 Thai,
became more vulgar (8) 22 Section right for old 27 Lay reader. DOWN: 1 Gatefold, 2 Eager, 3 As the crow flies,
28 Like a bird at the back (6) actor (6) 4 Insular, 5 Rebecca, 7 Spaghetti, 8 Run-ups,
24 Loud, dropping some 9 Comprehensible, 15 Top banana, 16 Egg timer, 18 Raphael,
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A 34 24 31 14 1 37 16 10 18 35 25 7 5 F
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In making a word, each letter may be E 15 1 12 15 15 9 5 12 2 8 19 30 38 J
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Good 13; very good 20; excellent 26 K 8 22 9 12 18 23 2 38 32 17 3 17 33 O 10 5 26 2 16
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Q 14 25 19 1 37 10 19 17 5 29 14 17 1 T
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40 14 26 29 21 1 9 38 17 39 11 14 31
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